GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Dudley High School teacher doesn’t want students to be distracted by their phones anymore.
“So when you guys don’t have one of these, how do you feel?” I don’t know. I don’t like it. I feel like my phone is part of my life. When I don’t have it, I feel different. Like something is missing,” a high school student said.
“I need my phone because I am always on TikTok and Instagram,” another high school student said.
That’s the sort of thing Dudley High School Band Director Dr. Roger Jackson is tired of. Jackson is a lifelong educator, and he sees phones as a huge issue.
FOX8 asked him if he believes students are addicted to their phones.
“I do believe they are. If we … don’t step in, that’s all they’d ever do,” he said.
So he’s stepping in.
“My classroom had to change. I noticed my scholars are not focused on the lesson. Retention is down so much. I teach something on Monday, I am still teaching the same thing on Friday,” he said.
For one hour a day, his band classroom is a no-phone zone.