Today, I confiscated a 1st grader's cell phone. It was better than anything I could come close to affording. FML
ElementaryEdGuy tells us more.
I work in a low-income school. Very rarely do we have students who have OLD (think Nokia brick) cellphones that are deactivated so that they can call the police if necessary. These students are usually our 4th & 5th graders who may be involved with activities after school. Occasionally we will have a student with one of those "cellphones" that can only be used to contact parents & police. Otherwise, this was a rarity.
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NotGabe 28
First graders have cell phones nowadays? Yeesh.
vipirius 18
Wow, when I was in first grade I had legos, not a smartphone. It's crazy how much those things control our lives now.
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Comments (154)
THEDARKLORDOFALL 17
Aaaaaand that's the world we live in. My faith in humanity has gone straight down the crapper
adrian_swag 11
When I was in 1st grade the best technology I had was a game boy color
GamerPerson 19
I can understand giving a kid a phone with all the insane people in the world, especially jerk offs that kill 1st graders or kidnap 200 African girls, but seriously: Did the parents have to spend money on a phone that should used ONLY to call people when you're 6?! Why do they need a smart phone?! Just get a fricking old school Nokia!
NostalgiaFreak9 43
Actually, I had a phone in first grade, but it sucked. I couldn't text, save contacts, download games and apps, it didn't have buttons or a touch screen, and I couldn't call people with it. It was a shitty phone.
andreaor 7
why the hell does a 1st grader have a smart phone, let alone a cell phone?!
Plastic_Stitchez 25
Awful parenting right there
smartpants1014 9
I came to the comments knowing people would be bitching about the whole "when it was in first grade all I had.." Thing hahaha
kittenzZz 4
Why does a first grader need a cell phone..
tediruxe 13
damn re!minds me of my friends niece. 9 and the grandparents bought the a nice one. mom took it said it was lost and sold it for stuff they needed. neither them or the dad buy stuff the kid actually needs so this did.
americanafrican 32
WHY IN THE HELL DOES THIS KID HAVE A CELL PHONE! WHO WILL HE CALL, HIS BABY SITTER!?