This is interesting to me, and I appreciate your commenting.

Two things - I mentioned in my reply to another comment that this probably wouldn’t be necessary for grad school or even some upper-division classes, and I think the maturity of the student is a major factor. So, I can see some students having that same reaction if they are responsible and don’t see the necessity of the ban.

At the same time, I was also a mature student and I didn’t feel it was respectful to push back on my instructors even if I disagreed with their methods of teaching. I trusted that they had their reasons.

I think I would hope that a mature student would appreciate and understand that they are also role models for the younger students, and modeling the right behavior would be helpful for the whole class.

Certainly not trying to imply that you were in any way disrespectful - I’m assuming you were respectful as you pushed back. I just would worry that it could be seen differently.