[Kim Masi]

Up until my sophomore year of high school, phones were not allowed in school, period. you weren't even allowed to use it after the bell rang at the end of the day.

In college, one of my professors (college writing) made us all take out our phones at the beginning of class and turn them off. in the syllabus it said if she caught us texting even once, then she would make us leave and we would have an absence for the day. I think this is a little extreme, but I understand and respect her policy. Most professors don't care otherwise, I just think its rude to them and to other students when a phone goes off.