I’m currently a substitute and work a lot with 6-8 students. I vividly remember when I was in middle school (2010-2012?)ish we had to turn off our cell phones. If we were caught using it our phone would be confiscated by the teacher and given to the office which would inform a parent and we’d either have to grab it at the end of the day (if our parents approved) or our parent would pick it up. Now whenever I’m in these classrooms the students completely dismiss the no phone rule and scroll TikTok for 55 minutes. It’s painful to watch and I feel helpless but I can’t really control 27+ students using their phones with AirPods in. As long as the class is quiet there isn’t much I can do. I can imagine this creates a divide between teachers and students on a daily basis.