R we discncted?

In the article "Disconnect(Ed)," Mr. Fisch postes a picture of about 15 phones. What it symbolizes, is not only does he not want you to text in class, but to pay attention and try and act like you are learning something. Disconnect(Ed) is not Mr. Fisch's way of being mean, but to get students to stop texting and get them to pay attention more in class. I think from a teacher point of view, it's fair, because well we don't want students texting in our classes. But from a student point of view, I would say probably half and half, because we're trying to socialize and talk to people and what not. But on the other hand, it's a rule not to text in class and quite rude too. Why do we do it though? We wouldn't text in church or something similar would we? Maybe we're trying to see if the teacher notices? When a teacher takes a phone away from a student, its not a punishment, but more of a reminder not to do that. Even though the student noes whats coming by taking that risk.