• danekrae@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I give my private number to all my students, so they can text me if they’re late for class. As long as it’s not often, there’s no problem.

    Only one of MANY people have tried to prank call me, and he forgot to hide his number… And I could recognize his voice.

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        5 days ago

        Trade (or technical) school.

        I teach what would be translated as Industrial Technician, but is really just a machinist. They learn manual lathe and milling, measuring, ISO standards, ISO programming on CNC, 3D printing, CAD, CAM, CMM and a lot more.

        I have them for 20 weeks in the beginning of their education. The educatiuon takes 4 years in total, including time at their apprenticeship and at the school.

        The students can have a contract for an apprenticeship before they join the class, which means they get paid more than if they don’t have a contract. They get paid to study in any case.

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        6 days ago

        attendance. If they’re not there when I call their name, I have to note it to their employer (apprenticeship) online. If they text me, I know they’re going to be in class shortly.

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        If students are showing up late, it often makes sense to chat with the on-timers instead of starting the lesson, especially if the first activity is instruction-heavy; involves an exercise with reading aloud, group discussion, or presenting; or requires breaking students into groups. Ideally the actual first activity doesn’t, but that’s often just directed chatting and you can extend that until everyone’s arrived. If they’re going to be 15+ minutes late, it might be better to just start the activity and time it so they can join on the next one. If you don’t know if they’re coming at all vs just coming late, it can be hard to time the actual beginning of the class.

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            6 days ago

            Teacher gives number to students.

            Students are to inform teacher if they’re going to be late to class.

            One kid prank calls teacher.

            Teacher knows it’s the kid because of his voice and now knows prank caller’s phone number.

            Not sure where in there the teacher is collecting student phone numbers.