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Senate Bill fifty five, sponsored by Republican Senators 10 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:35,399 Mike Lee of not that one from Utah, but the 11 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:39,159 one from New Hanover County and Jim Bergen of Harnett County, 12 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:43,799 as well as Lisa Barnes of Nash County, encourages school 13 00:00:43,799 --> 00:00:47,799 boards and charter schools to develop and enforce policies that 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:54,119 limit distracting technologies in classrooms. This is the Senate version. Okay, 15 00:00:54,159 --> 00:00:57,560 this one was introduced earlier this month. The House has 16 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,280 its own bill and it made it out of the 17 00:01:00,439 --> 00:01:03,560 what was it, the Education the K twelve Education Committee 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,319 that went through on a voice vote and now heads 19 00:01:06,359 --> 00:01:11,040 over to the House Judiciary Committee. Very similar bills, little different, 20 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,040 but they're basically telling local school districts come up with 21 00:01:15,079 --> 00:01:19,400 some policy, because while seventy seven of the districts already 22 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,400 have some policy, the rest do not. And I would say, 23 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,439 I don't remember how many there are total, how many 24 00:01:24,439 --> 00:01:27,640 districts there are total, but there's probably about forty I 25 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,959 guess left that don't have a policy and they need one. 26 00:01:30,359 --> 00:01:33,079 They need to have a policy, and the state isn't 27 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:35,439 like telling you exactly what it should be, but they're 28 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:41,480 saying it should, at a minimum, should prohibit students from using, displaying, 29 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:47,799 or having powered on wireless communication devices during instructional hours. 30 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:53,560 That includes cell phones, laptops, tablets, pagers, what's a pager? 31 00:01:54,159 --> 00:01:59,280 Two way radios, and gaming devices. Schools will have the 32 00:01:59,359 --> 00:02:04,760 flexibility to decide specific violations and implement consequences, such as 33 00:02:05,079 --> 00:02:11,879 confiscating devices or instituting disciplinary action. Senate Bill fifty five 34 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,800 does provide some exceptions. Teachers could authorize the use of 35 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:22,199 devices for educational purposes. Also, exemptions may apply for medical 36 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:26,680 reasons or special education plans. Under the measure, schools would 37 00:02:26,719 --> 00:02:30,520 need to define the consequences for infractions, which may include 38 00:02:30,759 --> 00:02:37,120 confiscation of the devices or other disciplinary actions. So what 39 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:39,439 do you think do you like this approach. Should it 40 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,520 just be mandatory bans across the state in all of 41 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,039 the school districts. Do you trust the school districts to 42 00:02:45,039 --> 00:02:48,800 come up with their own particular policies. And what of 43 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:54,719 this idea that the teachers are probably happy to ban them. 44 00:02:54,039 --> 00:02:57,879 Maybe some are not, But maybe teachers are happy to 45 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,520 get those things out of the classroom. But it's the 46 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,319 parents who are, like, I need to be able to 47 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,840 call my kid whenever I need to, or they need 48 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:11,039 to call me whenever they need to. What do you think? 49 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,080 Seven oh four, five, seven eleven ten. Let me go 50 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,199 and talk to Peter first. Hello, Peter, welcome to the program. 51 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:17,759 Great name. 52 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,599 Speaker 2: What's up, hey Pete? Yep, can you guys? 53 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: Yes, sir, sure can yeah. 54 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,159 Speaker 2: I would just say seth your your emailer Before this 55 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,360 probably hit the nail on the head. That's what I 56 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:33,599 was going to try to reference and just developing policy 57 00:03:33,759 --> 00:03:36,319 number one has to be you know, at the top 58 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,159 of the of the ticket there for each you know, 59 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,800 whether it's district or county or state. And then you know, 60 00:03:43,439 --> 00:03:46,520 I was just gonna add to that. You know, that's 61 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,000 a zero cost policy, right as if you have a 62 00:03:49,039 --> 00:03:52,360 policy doesn't cost you, guys anything to implement it. But 63 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,360 if there was another out of the box thinking idea. 64 00:03:56,439 --> 00:03:58,199 Have you ever been to like a comedy show and 65 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:00,759 they don't want you to record anything? So, yeah, your 66 00:04:00,759 --> 00:04:01,960 cell phone in a little pouch. 67 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: I've never had them do that to me, but I 68 00:04:04,759 --> 00:04:07,599 know that that I've been to a comedy show. And 69 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,960 but the one it was actually went and saw Kevin 70 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,840 Hart when he came to Charlotte, and yes, yeah, so 71 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,919 I went to that show. Okay, yeah, but I don't 72 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,680 I don't think that they took our phones for that, 73 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,279 but I didn't see anybody recording. They did tell us 74 00:04:21,319 --> 00:04:23,199 we're not allowed to record, and they said that you know, 75 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,439 somebody would come and kick us out if we did. 76 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:28,680 But I don't remember. I don't think they gave us 77 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,240 a bag, because I know they don't. They have like 78 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,079 bags or something that they will put your phones in. 79 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then you just you know, with technology these 80 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,879 days and all that, maybe you know at three fifteen 81 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:43,319 when the bell rings, obviously these these little nea prene 82 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:47,560 pouches automatically unlock somehow. But you know, obviously there would 83 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,600 be a cost involved in that that probably wouldn't be 84 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,480 able to support every district. But that's where going back 85 00:04:52,519 --> 00:04:55,480 to Seth's email and what you're saying we all agree with. Well, 86 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:58,279 I think as a parent, I agree with how do. 87 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: They do the how did they do the Have you 88 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,199 been to a comedy show where they took the where 89 00:05:04,199 --> 00:05:04,959 they took your phone? 90 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 2: Yeah? 91 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,959 Speaker 1: Okay? And what do they do with it? Do you know? 92 00:05:09,879 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 2: Well, you actually keep it. You put it in a 93 00:05:12,199 --> 00:05:16,519 pouch they provide to you, and the phone or device 94 00:05:17,079 --> 00:05:20,800 muscle in the pouch. They lock it with this special 95 00:05:20,959 --> 00:05:25,000 plastic key, you know, and then on your way out, 96 00:05:25,319 --> 00:05:28,360 the same people that handed you the pouch are sitting 97 00:05:28,399 --> 00:05:31,399 there with a little buzzer and it just automatically unlocks 98 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:35,160 the thing, and you know, you dump the pouch into 99 00:05:35,199 --> 00:05:38,319 a container that they recollected every single day. 100 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:38,759 Speaker 1: Huh. 101 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: But if I'm going to bring my phone to school, 102 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,639 you know, I have to put in this pouch, which 103 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:43,879 it means I can't access it. 104 00:05:44,079 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, well it seems like that might I mean, yeah, 105 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,759 like that seems like a pretty easily applied technology. 106 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's already in it's already out there. Yeah, it's 107 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,720 an adoption opportunity. But again, policy number one, this actually 108 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:02,759 would cost the school's money. So I'm not advocating for that. 109 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,120 I'm just suggesting it's an idea that's already existing. 110 00:06:05,319 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 3: Yeah. 111 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: Oh, that's interesting. I didn't know how that. I had 112 00:06:08,319 --> 00:06:10,680 heard that there were bags, but I never knew how 113 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,000 they actually worked. So that's interesting. They all open it, 114 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,560 you walk back out and they open them individually, or 115 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,680 is it like a code that goes out and they 116 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:18,959 all open at the same time. 117 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 2: The one I've had it opens be someone waves a 118 00:06:24,319 --> 00:06:27,959 wand across it, right, and it kind of just unlocks it, 119 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,720 and kind of like at the cat at the register 120 00:06:30,519 --> 00:06:33,480 if you're checking out a box or yeah something, and 121 00:06:33,519 --> 00:06:36,000 there's like a little plastic tab that keeps it from 122 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,639 being stolen. You know, you have to cross this little 123 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,319 sensor somehow before it'll unlock the pouch. 124 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that that seems like a pretty It 125 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,720 seems like a very low cost option. Again, but how 126 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,639 do you you know, where where does the funds come from? 127 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,120 Oh you know what, they could take some of the 128 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,000 American Rescue Plan money from the COVID pandemic. They probably 129 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,079 got a bunch of that'still laying around. Maybe they care 130 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,319 you go Peter, I appreciate the call, buddy, thank you. 131 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,839 All right. Seeah, No, it's interesting I didn't know the yeah, 132 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,959 because they just told us at the Kevin Hart Show. 133 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:15,079 They just said that they will kick us out if 134 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,199 they see any phones come on, which you know, and 135 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,319 maybe because it was in a larger space that they 136 00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:26,360 couldn't they didn't have enough bags for the size of 137 00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:28,839 that audience because it was a pretty big crowd, right, 138 00:07:28,959 --> 00:07:30,240 I think it was at the I think it was 139 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:34,160 at Spectrum Marina. I want to say, hey, I don't remember. 140 00:07:34,319 --> 00:07:37,639 It's been a while. Spencer. Welcome to the program. Hello, Spencer, 141 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,920 how are you doing today? Hey, I'm good. What's going on. 142 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 4: I'm glad that you mentioned that they have a medical 143 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:52,240 exception to the rule for Kal's. There are many kids 144 00:07:52,319 --> 00:07:56,920 that have diabetes and they have things like a continuous 145 00:07:56,959 --> 00:08:01,360 glucus monitor attached to their body, and maybe they have 146 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:06,439 an insulin pump that has an imfusion system attached to 147 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:13,720 their body, and it's also communicating with their smartphone, the 148 00:08:13,759 --> 00:08:17,480 blue tooth. And you put that phone in that bag, 149 00:08:17,959 --> 00:08:20,800 it cuts off the blue tooth. The phone starts screaming 150 00:08:21,639 --> 00:08:26,360 because it can't communicate with the devices. 151 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, yeah, I think that's a reasonable exemption. Right now, 152 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:33,600 what would be the punishment if you are found to 153 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,360 be using your smartphone for non insulin pump related activities 154 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,840 during class like that would be you know, that would 155 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,720 obviously have to be spelled out like what the infractions are. 156 00:08:43,759 --> 00:08:46,279 But I would I would venture to guess that the 157 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,559 student is not interested in having that smartphone or having 158 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,720 any punishment handed down on them because they you know, 159 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,080 they're using the smartphone as they're not supposed to be. 160 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,879 They don't want to lose it either, so you know, 161 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,480 especially if it's connected to some life saving diagnostic tool. 162 00:09:04,279 --> 00:09:05,039 Speaker 3: That's correct. 163 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, yes, Spencer, I appreciate the call. That 164 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,200 is in the that is in the Senate Bill fifty five. 165 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:16,960 It does provide that exemption for medical reasons or also 166 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:21,440 for special education plans. So if there's some if there 167 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:26,240 is some necessity right for the smartphone, then I think 168 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:32,399 reasonable people can agree. I hope. Let me just say 169 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:36,840 it that way. I hope reasonably people could agree. But 170 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,240 we live in very stupid times. So you know, stories 171 00:09:40,279 --> 00:09:42,480 are powerful. They help us make sense of things, to 172 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,039 understand experiences. Stories connect us to the people of our 173 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,559 past while transcending generations. 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The kids were to 193 00:10:55,039 --> 00:10:58,120 drop their phones in the basket and then they could 194 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:04,600 retrieve them at the end of instruction. People overcomplicate things. Yeah, 195 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,360 that is the low tech solution, I think. Right, you 196 00:11:08,399 --> 00:11:10,120 have a box, you have a basket, you put it 197 00:11:10,159 --> 00:11:12,480 at the front. It's like, everybody put your phones in. 198 00:11:15,039 --> 00:11:17,039 And then if you here's the thing though, if you 199 00:11:17,159 --> 00:11:20,840 get caught with the phone, right, if you don't drop 200 00:11:20,879 --> 00:11:24,159 your phone in the basket and then it goes off 201 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,320 or you're using it, you get busted using the phone. 202 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,240 What are the policies, then that's what the state is 203 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:36,519 telling all of the school districts to figure out. Right, 204 00:11:36,879 --> 00:11:39,759 come up with some policy, have a policy of some 205 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,799 kind that clearly spells out the punishments, and this way 206 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,120 you can enforce your band because there's no point in saying, 207 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,879 everybody drop your basket or your phone in the basket, 208 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,080 and then you catch people with their phones, they suffer 209 00:11:55,159 --> 00:11:58,919 no ramifications for it, and then pretty soon nobody's dropping 210 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:01,919 their phones in the basket because there's no penalty for 211 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:10,240 ignoring the rule. Right, Jeff says on the subject of smartphones, 212 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,039 Am I the only one who thinks that whole story 213 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,879 of the guy locked in the Oh, that's funny. I 214 00:12:14,879 --> 00:12:19,440 was just talking to Pam Warner about this. Am I 215 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,000 the only one who thinks the story of the guy 216 00:12:22,039 --> 00:12:24,480 who got locked in a storage unit for four days 217 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:28,840 until he found his phone to call police? Could he 218 00:12:28,919 --> 00:12:31,600 not make a voice command to have the phone call out? 219 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:36,840 I know most smartphones have that function. So Jeff is 220 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,559 talking about this story some guy. The story was like 221 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,919 what yesterday or something where some guy got claims at 222 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,639 least that he was locked in a storage unit for 223 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,759 four days, that his girlfriend locked him in there, and 224 00:12:51,399 --> 00:12:53,919 he had dropped his phone somewhere in the storage unit 225 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,080 and he couldn't find it, and so he was in 226 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:01,960 there for four days without food or water. You cannot 227 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:06,960 survive three days without water. You will like that, You'll 228 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:11,480 you'll like you'll be dying. Okay, So I don't know 229 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,879 what what was really going on there, but the whole 230 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,200 that whole story stinks to me. It does like there's 231 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,279 so many gaps in that story that I need information on, 232 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:23,039 Like I need to see an image of the storage unit, 233 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,159 like was it really full? Where was he? Because how 234 00:13:27,159 --> 00:13:29,919 do you get your how Like I'm assuming you went 235 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,440 into the unit and I'm assuming it's a garage door 236 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,840 pulled down unit, right, But maybe not. Maybe it's a door. 237 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:37,840 I had a unit that was like that. It was 238 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:40,720 just a closet basically, So maybe it was a door 239 00:13:40,759 --> 00:13:43,120 so it was easily closed. But a lot of the 240 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,279 units that I've used or seen over the years, they 241 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,799 have the open mesh up on top. Right, it's like 242 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,960 a grate. It's not a it doesn't go all the 243 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,000 way up to the ceiling. So I am not sure. 244 00:13:57,159 --> 00:14:00,639 Like I need to see an image of the of 245 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:05,039 the unit. And if it's a garage door, how did 246 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,279 he get all the way into the back, I assume, 247 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,799 and then not be able to get out before his 248 00:14:10,879 --> 00:14:15,120 girlfriend closes the door down on him and is able 249 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,360 to put the padlock on the thing. Again, I'm assuming 250 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,960 it's a padlock, but I don't know. Again, I need 251 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,320 a lot more information. I don't understand about the tech either. 252 00:14:24,679 --> 00:14:27,120 Now regarding the voice commands, I have all of my 253 00:14:27,159 --> 00:14:31,120 stuff shut off, so like I don't get notifications, I 254 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,879 don't get the constant dings and beeps and whistles and 255 00:14:33,879 --> 00:14:36,720 stuff on my phone. I shut all that crap down 256 00:14:37,039 --> 00:14:40,159 like six seven years ago. I do not need to 257 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,799 be Pavlov's dog, Right, I don't need to hear every 258 00:14:43,879 --> 00:14:47,559 beep for every single notification. I get literally thousands of 259 00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:51,960 emails a day. I don't need to hear every single 260 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,039 ding and bing and whatever, So I shut all that off. 261 00:14:56,279 --> 00:14:58,360 I don't want the voice command either. I don't want 262 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,000 to talk to my phone. I do not want to 263 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,320 tell it to do anything I don't want. I don't 264 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,600 need some uh, you know, some some digital servant. I 265 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:08,679 don't even know how I would do that on my phone, 266 00:15:08,759 --> 00:15:11,559 and I don't want to know. Although I've never been 267 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,759 locked in a storage unit, so maybe I say that now, 268 00:15:14,799 --> 00:15:19,200 but maybe, yeah, maybe I find myself in a storage 269 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,639 unit locked, I will, you know, figure out how to 270 00:15:21,799 --> 00:15:23,840 get the phone now? And how did the phone get 271 00:15:23,879 --> 00:15:26,799 lost in the storage unit in the first place? All right, 272 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,679 if you're listening to this show, you know I try 273 00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:30,440 to keep up with all sorts of current events, and 274 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,559 I know you do too, And you've probably heard me 275 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,799 say get your news from multiple sources. Why, Well, because 276 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,519 it's how you detect media bias, which is why I've 277 00:15:39,519 --> 00:15:42,840 been so impressed with ground News. It's an app and 278 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,000 it's a website, and it combines news from around the 279 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,720 world in one place so you can compare coverage and 280 00:15:48,799 --> 00:15:52,639 verify information. You can check it out at check dot ground, 281 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,960 dot news slash pete. I put the link in the 282 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,240 podcast description too. 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Welcome to the show, Skip. 294 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,039 Speaker 5: How are you hey, Pete. It's coal Fall Skip Man. 295 00:16:38,039 --> 00:16:40,480 I'm messing sometimes it's the crime stuffers. 296 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: Yes, sir, you're doing well. 297 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 5: Monroe. Yeah, I'm doing well. I hope you are. 298 00:16:44,759 --> 00:16:45,759 Speaker 1: Yeah. 299 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 5: It's funny you were mentioning about that storage unit, because 300 00:16:49,279 --> 00:16:51,399 I have a storage unit there. It's where I keep 301 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,720 my business stock. 302 00:16:54,159 --> 00:16:57,159 Speaker 1: Okay, this is Cooper storage is the name of the 303 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,639 place I was looking up during the break, Cooper Storage 304 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,120 on or off a old Charlotte Highway in Monroe. 305 00:17:03,159 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 5: That's correct, That is correct. That's a very well traveled 306 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:13,160 area and the storage unit is very busy. So what 307 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,720 I noticed I was talking to my wife last night 308 00:17:15,759 --> 00:17:19,240 about is terry. There is no way that this guy 309 00:17:19,319 --> 00:17:21,400 could have been stuck in there for four days in 310 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:27,119 that storage unit. There is They are sealed off on top, 311 00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:30,160 so there's no heating or mesh or anything like that. 312 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:33,359 And you are correct. It is a pull down garage 313 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,799 door that I gotta tell you. It is not easy 314 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:42,119 to pull down rapidly. And then once you pull it down, 315 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,680 you have to line it up just right to slide 316 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:50,720 the metal bolt into the frame. Then you put your 317 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,519 padlock on it. So let's say she was able to 318 00:17:54,599 --> 00:17:59,599 do all that before he could get out. If I'm 319 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:04,319 stuck in there, I am beating on that door continuously 320 00:18:04,839 --> 00:18:09,240 because it's not a huge facility and there's a lot 321 00:18:09,279 --> 00:18:12,240 of activity, a lot of traffic. Do there, somebody's going 322 00:18:12,319 --> 00:18:12,759 to hear you. 323 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: What are the walls? Are the walls concrete in between 324 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,039 each of the units or are they metal? 325 00:18:20,279 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 5: No, they are metal. But now where they adjoin back 326 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:28,000 to back, I believe and I don't know because I'm 327 00:18:28,079 --> 00:18:30,799 full up back there, but I believe that sheet rock 328 00:18:31,279 --> 00:18:36,359 right between the two units. Now, of course, you break 329 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,200 through that sheet rock, you're going to be in another 330 00:18:38,319 --> 00:18:43,279 locked unit, right. But my point to my wife was, 331 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,119 if I'm beaten on that door, you're going to be 332 00:18:47,319 --> 00:18:50,880 heard at the Dollar General across the street or the 333 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:54,279 little shopping mall that also has a lot of traffic. 334 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,200 If you're beating frantically on that metal door with something 335 00:18:58,839 --> 00:19:02,519 your hands, even somebody is going to hear you in 336 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:03,720 four days. 337 00:19:04,519 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: So right, So this is why I say I need 338 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,519 more I need more information to understand what happened because 339 00:19:10,519 --> 00:19:15,799 according to the story here this is from WBTV and 340 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,759 it's based on the Monroe Police Lieutenant Morgan Malone and 341 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,359 the nine to one to one call. Police say the 342 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,960 man and his girlfriend had been arguing before she allegedly 343 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,039 asked him to retrieve something from the back of the 344 00:19:31,079 --> 00:19:35,440 storage unit. So he climbs inside, goes to the very 345 00:19:35,559 --> 00:19:38,599 back of the unit, and that's when she pulls the 346 00:19:38,599 --> 00:19:41,039 door down and locks him. And according to the lieutenant, 347 00:19:41,799 --> 00:19:45,440 the storage unit was described as being a hoarder's paradise. 348 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,799 As soon as the officers opened up the door, stuff 349 00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:51,759 started falling out, and the further they opened it, the 350 00:19:51,799 --> 00:19:55,240 more stuff fell out. Police believe the crowded room and 351 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,400 complete darkness made it difficult for the man to find 352 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:04,039 his phone and call for help. Well, okay, so if 353 00:20:04,039 --> 00:20:07,000 he had climbed over like a whole bunch of stuff 354 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,720 to get to the very back of the unit, and 355 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,960 that's when she closes the door down, and now he's 356 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:17,279 in darkness, and I don't know, is it completely sealed off, 357 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,799 like where there would be no light coming in whatsoever. 358 00:20:23,599 --> 00:20:25,559 Speaker 5: I believe it would be dark in there. I do 359 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,839 believe that with the door down, it's a pretty good 360 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,519 fitting door. And if he was climbing over stuff. It 361 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,599 takes me about ten or fifteen seconds to get my 362 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,440 unit locked when I reach up and grab the thing. 363 00:20:39,599 --> 00:20:43,359 So it's possible. It's possible. But I got to tell 364 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:48,240 you this supposedly happened on Thursday. I was at my 365 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:54,680 unit on Friday getting stuff for my jobs, and I 366 00:20:54,839 --> 00:20:58,000 drove around in there and I didn't hear anything. If 367 00:20:58,039 --> 00:21:00,039 I would have been locked in there, trust me, you 368 00:21:00,079 --> 00:21:02,440 would have heard me. You've probably heard me in the studio. 369 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 1: Uh skip, good to hear from you, buddy. I appreciate 370 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:07,519 the call. Thanks for the intel. 371 00:21:08,319 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 5: Yeah man, thanks all right, so yeah thanks Sea. 372 00:21:11,519 --> 00:21:13,319 Speaker 1: Yeah. Like I said, I got a lot of questions. 373 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,319 And the guy said he had no cell phone service inside, 374 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,119 so he was only able to call nine one one. 375 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,079 And according to WBTV, they say, if that's true, then 376 00:21:25,079 --> 00:21:26,640 that would be in his phone would not have been 377 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:31,319 lighting up or making noises or vibrations from notifications. See 378 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:35,559 and on this I cannot speak because like I still 379 00:21:35,599 --> 00:21:37,799 get but I have them all turned off, so I 380 00:21:37,839 --> 00:21:40,400 don't even know. And where how did you lose track 381 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,079 of your phone? Like did you set it down so 382 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,200 you would then go climb in Why would you have 383 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,599 just put it in your pocket or something? Or maybe 384 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,839 he set it down on something in the front of 385 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,759 the unit and then started climbing, or maybe it fell 386 00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:54,480 out of his pocket or something. I don't know. Like 387 00:21:54,519 --> 00:21:57,599 I said, there's there there are gaps in the story, 388 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,720 is all I'm saying. All right, So now let's talk 389 00:22:00,759 --> 00:22:04,200 to Walter about smartphones in schools. Hey Walter, what's up? 390 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 5: Hey Pete. 391 00:22:06,079 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 6: I'm sorry, I don't have anything as dramatic as the 392 00:22:09,039 --> 00:22:13,640 story story, but just a couple of observations. I would 393 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,559 be one of those old crotchety guys that would think 394 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,119 that the schools ought to just not allow the cell 395 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,519 phones at all. But if they're going to have to, 396 00:22:21,599 --> 00:22:23,720 and if the parents put pressure on the schools to 397 00:22:23,839 --> 00:22:27,559 allow it, then step number one is, beginning of every 398 00:22:27,599 --> 00:22:32,039 school year, every parent has to sign a cell phone 399 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,880 form that lists all the rules in regulations that their 400 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,839 children will be expected to comply with. Number two, that 401 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:43,000 they would actually be a financial penalty, a fine as 402 00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:47,519 it were, for multiple for violations of the cell phone rules. 403 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,680 And last, but not least, after you have so many violations, 404 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,680 the phone is confiscated and it will only be returned 405 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,799 if the parents come to the school to get it. 406 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,079 Speaker 1: Well, I will say, like the first reaction that probably 407 00:23:02,079 --> 00:23:05,440 most people would have to the financial penalty would be 408 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,079 something like, oh my gosh, you know, you know, fines 409 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,240 that would be too draconian or whatever. But because that's 410 00:23:11,279 --> 00:23:14,960 what I started thinking. But the more I thought about it, 411 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,880 as you were, just as you were talking, I was like, well, 412 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:21,359 but Charlotte does that very thing with our alarm systems 413 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,079 in our homes where if you get you get false alarms, 414 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:25,000 they start finding you. 415 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:27,839 Speaker 5: Yeah. 416 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:29,519 Speaker 6: I don't think it's that big a deal. I mean, 417 00:23:29,559 --> 00:23:32,440 so it's if the kid, you know, violates rule, it's 418 00:23:32,519 --> 00:23:35,599 ten bucks, and then the next time it's twenty bucks, 419 00:23:35,599 --> 00:23:37,759 and the next time it's fifty bucks, and next time 420 00:23:37,799 --> 00:23:40,920 they take the phone and the parents have to engage 421 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:45,079 by physically going to the school to get the phone back. Yeah, 422 00:23:45,279 --> 00:23:48,960 that you start inconveniencing the parents. They're a whole lot 423 00:23:49,039 --> 00:23:51,839 more likely to hold their kids to those rules. Just 424 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:52,960 one person's opinion. 425 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, we could also do like a walk of 426 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,960 shame kind of thing where they would take the tablet 427 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,759 and bang it on their head as they walk through 428 00:23:59,759 --> 00:24:02,359 the whole the parent I'm talking. Yeah, I don't know. 429 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,279 Speaker 6: Well, that's too much violence there, Okay we Walter. 430 00:24:06,319 --> 00:24:11,559 Speaker 1: I appreciate the call, buddy, Thank you. 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Hello, Vince, 464 00:26:09,079 --> 00:26:11,160 welcome to the program. What's up Vince? 465 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 3: Hello Pete? Hey, Hello Pete. I enjoy your show. 466 00:26:14,519 --> 00:26:14,839 Speaker 1: Thanks. 467 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 3: I was just wondering my cell phone wouldn't last for 468 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,240 the battery wouldn't last four days unless I guess maybe 469 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,279 if it were turned off he could have it could 470 00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:28,000 have lasted that long. But it seems pretty odd that 471 00:26:28,759 --> 00:26:32,440 he would have fully functioning phone after four days. 472 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: That's a yeah, this is one of those questions that 473 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,359 I need answers to. Also, how does the phone keep 474 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,400 its battery life that long? Unless the guy has like 475 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,680 some maybe he's got like a lot of memory in 476 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,680 the phone. It's a brand new phone, and so they 477 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,799 haven't Just like I I think that the phone companies 478 00:26:49,799 --> 00:26:52,839 and all these apps, they keep doing updates to their 479 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,920 apps which take up more and more and more memory 480 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,359 on your phone, and then it eventually breaks your phone 481 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,599 because it keeps uh draining the battery so fast. So 482 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,839 I don't know, Yeah, like I would need to know, 483 00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:06,480 like how old is this phone? Why did the battery 484 00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:10,079 last so long? And supposedly he did not have any 485 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:14,480 cell phone service and that's why he wasn't getting alerts 486 00:27:14,559 --> 00:27:17,240 or anything like that, and he couldn't find it and 487 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,440 it wouldn't work or whatever. But I'm I'm not sure 488 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,039 how that would work. But also wouldn't the phone keep 489 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:27,720 looking for cell service right and. 490 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,799 Speaker 3: Using the battery while it was doing exactly right? 491 00:27:31,039 --> 00:27:34,079 Speaker 1: And so I don't I'm not clear on that either. 492 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, well I just bring it up. 493 00:27:37,279 --> 00:27:39,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, No, it's a good question. I don't have an 494 00:27:39,039 --> 00:27:39,519 answer for it. 495 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:39,839 Speaker 6: Vince. 496 00:27:39,839 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 1: I appreciate the call. It's yeah, that's that's one of 497 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:47,279 the things that that don't make sense to me. How 498 00:27:47,279 --> 00:27:51,119 did the phone survive now? I will say in the 499 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:57,480 WBTV story, after receiving the call on Monday, WBTV reports 500 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,960 officers forced their way into the storage unit, discovering the 501 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:09,240 man inside in a state of dehydration. Now, because that's 502 00:28:09,279 --> 00:28:11,839 what I said, you can't live longer than three days 503 00:28:11,839 --> 00:28:15,720 without water. And he claimed on the nine one one 504 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,400 call that he hadn't had anything to eat or drink 505 00:28:18,839 --> 00:28:22,680 in those four days. So him being in a state 506 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,599 of dehydration, then that tracks. So he was in there, 507 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,559 or unless he was dehydrated before he went in there 508 00:28:28,599 --> 00:28:30,480 and then was only in there for a shorter period 509 00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:33,559 of time. I don't know, but it seems like the 510 00:28:33,599 --> 00:28:34,720 other thing is like, how do you know you've been 511 00:28:34,759 --> 00:28:36,559 in there three days or four days? How would you 512 00:28:36,599 --> 00:28:40,440 know that? Or did they just piece that together after 513 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:45,799 the fact, because when he called nine one one, he said, 514 00:28:45,839 --> 00:28:48,359 I've been locked in a storage unit for about a week. Now, 515 00:28:49,759 --> 00:28:51,119 how do you know you've been in there a week? 516 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,440 You can't tell the passage of time or day, or 517 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,880 maybe he could somehow, maybe it was based on temperature. 518 00:28:58,759 --> 00:29:00,759 Right when it got cold, he knew it was nighttime 519 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:05,279 or something. Yeah, a lot of questions. I got lots 520 00:29:05,279 --> 00:29:11,559 of questions on the cell phones in school. Washington Examiner 521 00:29:11,599 --> 00:29:15,039 had this story a couple of days ago. A full 522 00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:21,519 twoenty twenty three Pew Research survey found that seventy two 523 00:29:21,559 --> 00:29:25,440 percent of high school teachers say cell phone distraction is 524 00:29:25,519 --> 00:29:28,720 a major problem in their classrooms, and the poll is 525 00:29:28,759 --> 00:29:31,480 one of several which have shown cell phone usage in 526 00:29:31,559 --> 00:29:35,759 classrooms has been a problem even if students believe cell 527 00:29:35,799 --> 00:29:39,880 phones help them in the classroom. By the way, any 528 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:44,400 student that is telling you that they need their cell 529 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,359 phone in their classroom because it helps them do their work, 530 00:29:47,599 --> 00:29:53,079 like I, I'm not buying it. I'm not buying it 531 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:59,039 unless you're unless your assignment in this in the classroom 532 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,559 is up your smartphone and do this task. Then I 533 00:30:02,599 --> 00:30:06,440 don't see how really right math? Oh I needed for 534 00:30:06,519 --> 00:30:13,359 my calculator. Maybe, but even then, I'm not so sure. 535 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:20,000 Do they make you buy calculators separately? I don't even know. 536 00:30:20,279 --> 00:30:22,839 I haven't even seen a calculator for sale on the 537 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,400 shelves like anywhere I'm trying to think. I don't even know, 538 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,920 Like that was a requirement when I was in college. Well, 539 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,240 when I was in college, I took statistics, and then 540 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,839 I took it again, and then I took it again, 541 00:30:38,559 --> 00:30:41,799 and then I took it again, and the fourth time 542 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,319 I passed. So the other three times I dropped the 543 00:30:45,319 --> 00:30:47,599 class because I was doing so poorly in it. Because 544 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,200 the professor of math at went Through University would not 545 00:30:51,319 --> 00:30:56,079 allow us to have graphic calculators, so they made us 546 00:30:56,119 --> 00:31:00,960 memorize all of the formulas. And I couldn't remember the formulas. 547 00:31:01,279 --> 00:31:03,279 It's just the different side of my brain. I could 548 00:31:03,319 --> 00:31:07,279 not remember all of the different formulas to figure out 549 00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:09,599 the stuff. I knew the concepts just fine, but I 550 00:31:09,599 --> 00:31:13,799 could not remember the formulas. I couldn't apply them. And 551 00:31:13,839 --> 00:31:17,680 then I went over to York Technical Community College for 552 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,200 a summer class that transferred. The credit transferred, not the grade, 553 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,160 but the credit would. And the first day they're like, 554 00:31:24,519 --> 00:31:27,920 a requirement for this class is a Texas Instrument ninety 555 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,680 one calculator graphing calculator. And I got a one hundred 556 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,599 and twenty in that class. All right, that'll do it 557 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,279 for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. I 558 00:31:38,319 --> 00:31:40,440 could not do the show without your support and the 559 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,519 support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, So 560 00:31:43,559 --> 00:31:45,640 if you'd like, please support them too and tell them 561 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,640 you heard it here. You can also become a patron 562 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:51,960 at my Patreon page or go to thepetecallanershow dot com. Again, 563 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,720 thank you so much for listening, and don't break anything 564 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:59,200 while I'm gone.