I guess I meant, "In the classroom, having them turned on, and actually using them." Maybe she called after class.
When my high school freshman biology teacher catches people sleeping in class, he'd lift up a corner of the student's desk and let it drop. It was pretty awesome. The faces of the sleepers at that moment are priceless. I hope this kind of story doesn't stop him from doing that to students.
Man I wish I had a cell phone back in middle school. Cell phones were big blocks of plastic back in the late 90's.
I had a teacher in jr. high that, if you got in trouble, would put on a ridiculous amount of very bright lipstick and she kissed you on the cheek. No one screamed sexual harassment. Everyone knew that you done messed up. Also had teachers that would keep a spray bottle with water in case you fell asleep. Not once did anyone think to call the police.
Remember those 6-8 foot long wooden poles with the brass hook used to open those windows near the ceiling? We had a teacher (a priest) who would brandish, jab, and/or brain you with it. He took no prisoners and there was no 911.
When I was in school, I witnessed two things that would be outrageous today: 1) We had a teacher that would lose his mind if he heard someone whistling. So we'd whistle. Someone got caught once, and the teacher beat the dude up with a book. I mean really, he beat him out of his chair onto the floor. 2) We had one guy in class who was a giant 22 year old. He used his cellphone, the teacher told him that his parents didn't raise him right. So he walked up to the teacher, who was very short/light, and grabbed him by the neck and pinned him to the wall and forced him to apologize. The teacher's feet were hanging in mid air. Given that we were 16 and that this is the same teacher from part 1 (above) we didnt really bother helping him out. How times have changed lol.
When I was in school, I had a 10th grade biology teacher who actually MURDERED a student for sleeping in class one day. Literally slit her throat from ear to ear with a hunting knife right there in front of everyone. No one called 911.
I too reminisce about things being different back in my day, and concur that whippersnappers should stay off my lawn.