August 12, 2025 • 8 mins
Many kids are heading back to school today, Ben & Skin discuss how their kids are handling the new turf, as well as the new rules.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Number three, the Jumbo Jack cheeseburger from Jack in the Box.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
No with efing with our show, You're gone ruling it
did except with simple we pursuing it.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Toddled out Shaw shame through the sewer. Kid, Now what chilling?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I think?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Eagle, Yeah, we're doing it. Her clocking on the dock.
Got a habit for my house? Or go sat is
how it started, Kid Crattit shows that enough multiply like
a rabbit, du in so out, creak it up, beat
the habit.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I whing out with my friends, rocking on the radio.
Min Boy Skin his hand talking on the radio. It's
time to do this. Sponsorgin all it he we go.
Kat just sting up and.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
All up on our ah.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yes alone to welcome everybody. It's the world famous Ben
and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle. I
am Ben Rogers, joined by Jeff skin Wade, Christina care
little baby corn Bread Ray.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Hi.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
That was creepy.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, it's super creepy. Just move on, don't look. KT
is not here with us today. He is dead, and
we've got a lot of stuff to get into a
lot it stop. It's gonna be a great show. Christina
is going to let us know about an article that
just came out that breaks down the most and least
attractive hobbies for dudes.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
It's top ten and of both. Actually, I mean there's
the top fifteen, but I figure we just focused on.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
The top ten. That's good. I'm optimistic that my wife
is turned on by my video game playing. I'm hoping
that it's on there. Find out soon, Ben three five Man,
this might be a two parter, or maybe we do
least today at most tomorrow or the other way around. Yeah,
big stuff right looking forward to that, We've got Cowboy News.
(02:03):
Of course, there was just Jack in the Box right
at the beginning of the show. We were talking about
that burgerlist Jack in the Boxes actually in the news.
We'll get into that. At four point thirty. We got
some gen Z decision making happening. There's plenty to get into,
but today's show. A big part of today's show is
the theme of kids returning back to school. At several
(02:23):
different school districts here in Dallas Fort Worth, kids return today.
I know for me that was the case. Prosper schools.
My middle child I have one in college. My middle
child started a senior year and our youngest child is
at high school starting her freshman year. You know, for us,
when Skin and I were growing up in Richardson, ninth
(02:44):
grade was still at the middle school or the junior high.
But now my daughter is a ninth grader at a
six A high school in hallways full of eighteen year olds.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
So in Alan they have a freshman center that I
guess is next door to the high school. But that
is a that's a crazy adjustment. I love the way
they had it in risd when we were growing up.
I think seven through nine together is fantastic, and I
think ten through twelve together that just seems to work out,
at least from our perspective growing up. I love the
(03:19):
way that that worked out.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
So they don't pick on the freshmen, is that why?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, It's like, well, I mean, the sophomores are going
to get picked on, but you know, there's just like
a little bit more growth there. Maybe they can handle
themselves a little bit better. And in a lot of cases,
the freshmen aren't so much bigger than the seventh graders
that it seems like they're in elementary school. You know,
it felt like it was grouped properly yeah, well, did
(03:42):
your son start yet? Yeah, so I don't understand the world.
My son got up at five point forty for something
called Senior Sunrise. Have you all ever heard of this?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
No?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
No, I'd never heard of it. I mean, he's never
gotten up at five forty in his life for senior Sunrise.
They all go and watch the sunrise together to start
the year. That's that's pretty cool, man. I love it
because it's like it's bonding, it's community, and it's not
there's no drugs or alcohol. Nobody's trying to do drugs
and alcohol at sunrise unless they party really hard right
(04:15):
up all night. That's not really a good way to
start school. I was rolling, but I was cut from
Senior Sunrise. Happened. So then last night he was being
just a typical, you know, seventeen year old being kind
of cynical about it.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I mean, I guess I'm gonna go. But if you
really didn't want to go, you wouldn't go. Yeah. Right,
So there's that. And then he got up this morning
and did my Japanese interval walking. Oh and as I finish,
he pulls up and I'm like, what are you doing?
I thought you had school today. He goes, yeah, I'm
(04:47):
coming back from Senior Sunrise. My first class is until
nine forty. His first class is at nine forty. Amazing, insane,
So my house, everybody's my scene. His whole focus is
on the cell phone band, being able to have his
cell phone in class, and he is convinced that is
(05:09):
going to lead to more disruptions from students, and so,
you know, it's I can see the pros and cons
of this. Like I understand for teachers, it's got to
be such a beating to try to teach a class
and look out there and everyone's just in a zombie
trance with their phone. I can understand how there's there's
downside there for them having their phones. With so many
(05:31):
school shootings and stuff like that, it's awesome to be
able to be connected with them, like for safety reasons
and whatnot. But I don't know. My son is convinced
that more kids are going to act out now because
they don't have their phones to pacify them. I think
like there's a lot of good logic to that. My
daughter was saying, you know, kids are going to be
crazy late for class because they're all just going to
(05:53):
walk out to the parking lot and use their phone,
and so they're going to be late for everything, or
they're going to skip classes. And I understand what been
saying about, you know, not having it in class, but
I don't see the problem of a kid having it
out in the hall in between classes.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
And to me, if every kid just came and put
their phone, like there's a cubby hole and they put
their phone in it and then they grab it on
the way out, you achieve both things. Right, God, it
seems complicated. All of it seems complicated. Now what I
would have done, because I would have, you know, beat
the systems, which would have a fake phone to put
in that basket, right, Okay, I should carry two phones.
(06:29):
All of that seems high maintenance. To check in a
phone and then get it on your way out. That
just seems like a logistical nightmare. Like how do you
know kids are taking the right phone when they leave
out of the bag. Yeah, I guess maybe they'd have
to have their own cubby. I don't know. Uh, we're
so dependent upon this thing. Like I mean, I think
if I came to work and they're like, okay, you
(06:50):
can't have your phone at work, I'd be like, I
need to find another job.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Really, I use my phone for everything, Dude. I try
to keep mine off and away from me because of distractions.
Like I'm at work, I need to focus on work
and not whatever else is going on.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
On my phone, But I pull up stuff for the
show on the phone. Yeah, the Rick Flair news. Oh
what's going on with me? That's the time I got
distracted by my phone. It happens. KT's conversation was putting
me to sleep, and I had to seek to other
content out there in the world.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
So, I you know, I think that's the biggest issue
in my household today. My son is freaking out, and
he also was freaking out because one of the teachers
had a signed seating Okay, I'm like, that's normal, man,
he goes, I haven't had that since elementary school. Yeah,
like they're gonna make us sit in a certain spot.
I'm like, that's a great idea. If you want kids
(07:41):
to actually focus, don't let them get in their friend
groups and disrupt the class.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
I get that, And I'm trying to remember now that
I flashed back to high school, there was a few
classes I had that had assigned seating.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
Yes, they would always sit me next to the class
clown because they thought I was a good kid, and
then I'd always ended up having a crush on the
class class.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Okay, that's hot, the class clown of crandall class of what,
don't worry about it. Yeah, he's driving around right now, going,
wait what, there's only like six dudes. She had the quarterback,
she had the class there's not that many guys. All right,
there we go. We're off and running today on a
back to school Tuesday. We're gonna take us in things.
Skin is tracking. Last night I had a miraculous late
(08:22):
night flashback that got me excited for basketball season.
Number three, the Jumbo Jack cheeseburger from Jack in the Box.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
No with efing with our show, You're gone ruling it
did except with simple we pursuing it.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Toddled out Shaw shame through the sewer. Kid, Now what chilling?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I think?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Eagle, Yeah, we're doing it. Her clocking on the dock.
Got a habit for my house? Or go sat is
how it started, Kid Crattit shows that enough multiply like
a rabbit, du in so out, creak it up, beat
the habit.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I whing out with my friends, rocking on the radio.
Min Boy Skin his hand talking on the radio. It's
time to do this. Sponsorgin all it he we go.
Kat just sting up and.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
All up on our ah.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yes alone to welcome everybody. It's the world famous Ben
and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle. I
am Ben Rogers, joined by Jeff skin Wade, Christina care
little baby corn Bread Ray.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Hi.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
That was creepy.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, it's super creepy. Just move on, don't look. KT
is not here with us today. He is dead, and
we've got a lot of stuff to get into a
lot it stop. It's gonna be a great show. Christina
is going to let us know about an article that
just came out that breaks down the most and least
attractive hobbies for dudes.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
It's top ten and of both. Actually, I mean there's
the top fifteen, but I figure we just focused on.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
The top ten. That's good. I'm optimistic that my wife
is turned on by my video game playing. I'm hoping
that it's on there. Find out soon, Ben three five Man,
this might be a two parter, or maybe we do
least today at most tomorrow or the other way around. Yeah,
big stuff right looking forward to that, We've got Cowboy News.
(02:03):
Of course, there was just Jack in the Box right
at the beginning of the show. We were talking about
that burgerlist Jack in the Boxes actually in the news.
We'll get into that. At four point thirty. We got
some gen Z decision making happening. There's plenty to get into,
but today's show. A big part of today's show is
the theme of kids returning back to school. At several
(02:23):
different school districts here in Dallas Fort Worth, kids return today.
I know for me that was the case. Prosper schools.
My middle child I have one in college. My middle
child started a senior year and our youngest child is
at high school starting her freshman year. You know, for us,
when Skin and I were growing up in Richardson, ninth
(02:44):
grade was still at the middle school or the junior high.
But now my daughter is a ninth grader at a
six A high school in hallways full of eighteen year olds.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
So in Alan they have a freshman center that I
guess is next door to the high school. But that
is a that's a crazy adjustment. I love the way
they had it in risd when we were growing up.
I think seven through nine together is fantastic, and I
think ten through twelve together that just seems to work out,
at least from our perspective growing up. I love the
(03:19):
way that that worked out.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
So they don't pick on the freshmen, is that why?
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, It's like, well, I mean, the sophomores are going
to get picked on, but you know, there's just like
a little bit more growth there. Maybe they can handle
themselves a little bit better. And in a lot of cases,
the freshmen aren't so much bigger than the seventh graders
that it seems like they're in elementary school. You know,
it felt like it was grouped properly yeah, well, did
(03:42):
your son start yet? Yeah, so I don't understand the world.
My son got up at five point forty for something
called Senior Sunrise. Have you all ever heard of this?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
No?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
No, I'd never heard of it. I mean, he's never
gotten up at five forty in his life for senior Sunrise.
They all go and watch the sunrise together to start
the year. That's that's pretty cool, man. I love it
because it's like it's bonding, it's community, and it's not
there's no drugs or alcohol. Nobody's trying to do drugs
and alcohol at sunrise unless they party really hard right
(04:15):
up all night. That's not really a good way to
start school. I was rolling, but I was cut from
Senior Sunrise. Happened. So then last night he was being
just a typical, you know, seventeen year old being kind
of cynical about it.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I mean, I guess I'm gonna go. But if you
really didn't want to go, you wouldn't go. Yeah. Right,
So there's that. And then he got up this morning
and did my Japanese interval walking. Oh and as I finish,
he pulls up and I'm like, what are you doing?
I thought you had school today. He goes, yeah, I'm
(04:47):
coming back from Senior Sunrise. My first class is until
nine forty. His first class is at nine forty. Amazing, insane,
So my house, everybody's my scene. His whole focus is
on the cell phone band, being able to have his
cell phone in class, and he is convinced that is
(05:09):
going to lead to more disruptions from students, and so,
you know, it's I can see the pros and cons
of this. Like I understand for teachers, it's got to
be such a beating to try to teach a class
and look out there and everyone's just in a zombie
trance with their phone. I can understand how there's there's
downside there for them having their phones. With so many
(05:31):
school shootings and stuff like that, it's awesome to be
able to be connected with them, like for safety reasons
and whatnot. But I don't know. My son is convinced
that more kids are going to act out now because
they don't have their phones to pacify them. I think
like there's a lot of good logic to that. My
daughter was saying, you know, kids are going to be
crazy late for class because they're all just going to
(05:53):
walk out to the parking lot and use their phone,
and so they're going to be late for everything, or
they're going to skip classes. And I understand what been
saying about, you know, not having it in class, but
I don't see the problem of a kid having it
out in the hall in between classes.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
And to me, if every kid just came and put
their phone, like there's a cubby hole and they put
their phone in it and then they grab it on
the way out, you achieve both things. Right, God, it
seems complicated. All of it seems complicated. Now what I
would have done, because I would have, you know, beat
the systems, which would have a fake phone to put
in that basket, right, Okay, I should carry two phones.
(06:29):
All of that seems high maintenance. To check in a
phone and then get it on your way out. That
just seems like a logistical nightmare. Like how do you
know kids are taking the right phone when they leave
out of the bag. Yeah, I guess maybe they'd have
to have their own cubby. I don't know. Uh, we're
so dependent upon this thing. Like I mean, I think
if I came to work and they're like, okay, you
(06:50):
can't have your phone at work, I'd be like, I
need to find another job.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
Really, I use my phone for everything, Dude. I try
to keep mine off and away from me because of distractions.
Like I'm at work, I need to focus on work
and not whatever else is going on.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
On my phone, But I pull up stuff for the
show on the phone. Yeah, the Rick Flair news. Oh
what's going on with me? That's the time I got
distracted by my phone. It happens. KT's conversation was putting
me to sleep, and I had to seek to other
content out there in the world.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
So, I you know, I think that's the biggest issue
in my household today. My son is freaking out, and
he also was freaking out because one of the teachers
had a signed seating Okay, I'm like, that's normal, man,
he goes, I haven't had that since elementary school. Yeah,
like they're gonna make us sit in a certain spot.
I'm like, that's a great idea. If you want kids
(07:41):
to actually focus, don't let them get in their friend
groups and disrupt the class.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
I get that, And I'm trying to remember now that
I flashed back to high school, there was a few
classes I had that had assigned seating.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
Yes, they would always sit me next to the class
clown because they thought I was a good kid, and
then I'd always ended up having a crush on the
class class.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Okay, that's hot, the class clown of crandall class of what,
don't worry about it. Yeah, he's driving around right now, going,
wait what, there's only like six dudes. She had the quarterback,
she had the class there's not that many guys. All right,
there we go. We're off and running today on a
back to school Tuesday. We're gonna take us in things.
Skin is tracking. Last night I had a miraculous late
(08:22):
night flashback that got me excited for basketball season.
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