

My schools all banned cell phones from middle to high school. If one would go off or if you were caught by the teacher, they would confiscate it and you’d have to pay money to get it back by the end of the day. It was really funny watching kids covering each other no matter who you were if someone’s phone went off in their backpack. We’d all start collectively coughing and making loud sounds to cover it up. Teachers for the most part were pretty relaxed on the phone going off in your backpack policy though. They only enforced the policy if you were caught using your phone during class.
I was super shocked when I saw kids using their phones and laptops in class. When I was in school, the moment your phone went off it was confiscated and you had to pay to get it back at the end of the day. It created this culture amongst the kids that no matter who you were, if your phone went off, people will have coughing fits and make noise to cover it up. Super funny every time it happened too.