I agree that most kids today are assholes, but that mentality you describe is what led to principals making girls undress in his office and other related BS.
By your rules a 16 year old “kid” or “student” should nod his head and agree if and when the secret service comes into the school to abduct or kill kids of the wrong skin color, or those wearing turbans, or those who are wearing crosses around their neck. You get the point.
The reason Nazi Germany got out of control was because people stopped questioning authority and decided to go with the group, and it spiraled out of control.
Do we have way too many kids today that are total faggots who cry to mommy and daddy who bail them out of situations that should have rightfully landed them an ass whooping? Absolutely. Is blindly following leadership the answer? Absolutely not.
Questioning the cell phone rule isn’t a major issue, but retaining the ability of the citizens (who are forced both to pay for and attend public schools) to question rules in general is very important.
The public school system already forces us to pay for their definition of “education.” The same system requires kids to attend 180 days/yr and tells them when and where they can piss during the day.
I agree that previous generations tougher, but they also got a slap on the wrist for sneaking alcohol or a knife into school or a school event. The knife probably wasn’t even a problem then. Now either one of those can land you with a mental health history worthy of zero employment for the rest of your life and counseling for at least 2 years. The whole system is going to hell in a handbasket, who cares about the kid and the cell phone, that’s nothing.