The Problem with Pockets

The problem with pockets is simple.

They're barely just big as a dimple.

The phones they don’t fit, and 

Sir Isaac could tell, when they slip, they most surely hit.

And the girls make a gasp like a wimple.

Yeah, if you’re a middle school girl who carries a phone, you’ve got a problem. Your pockets don’t fit your phone.

I see this all day long - huge phones dangling out of tiny, little pockets. I warn students they’re about to lose their phone. I hear the distinctive smack of glass, aluminum and plastic hitting the tile floor in my room. It’s a daily occurrence. Oh, and it’s mostly a girl problem.

The fashion designers seem to think females don’t need to carry anything in those back pockets. They make them sooooo small - they’re really more decorative than functional. Are they thinking girls and women put all their important stuff in a handbag?

Guys have large, fully functional pockets for all the important things they must carry. You know big, expensive things like cell phones. 

It’s not fair. It’s gender bias from the fashionistas.

But, I have solution. A fix that will keep your phones out of free-fall in my room. A wondrous space that will not only keep your social media server safe, but will also provide free power. Imagine a place where your phone is landed, secure, getting a free charge and you can see it the whole time right from your seat.

What is this seemingly magical remedy to the pocket problem? 

It’s simple - use the charging station at the front of the room - and you’ll never again hear that glass-aluminum-plastic-tile smack and have to make a gasp like a wimple.