Saturday Detentions

Saturday Detentions:

I believe that there are good reasons for Saturday detentions and bad reasons.
A good reason I believe is if a student is continuously being disrespectful to his peers or their teacher. If it happens multiple times then yes I believe action should be taken. Yes I even beleive that if you are tardy more then 9 times to class in the same trimester then you should be given a detention for that too. Maybe having to serve that will influence your choice to be late next time.
Then there are the really silly and obnoxious reasons for giving a student a Saturday. For example, I have seen a student have their phone out on the desk not in use and screen down and a teacher walk by and take it and then had the office give her a detention. I personally don't understand what the problem is there and why the phone even bothered the instructor in the first place.
My opinion on the phone getting taken away is, as a teacher if it distracting you then yes, you should say something but if the kid really doesn't feel like paying attention to whatever you are saying then screw him, he can fail. Or you could just ask him to leave.