Cell phone ring tones too high-pitched for old ears? What's next?

I taught school for 12 years, way back there before cell phones. There were plenty of distractions even then.

In the "Dear Abby" column in the newspaper this morning a young girl was complaining about her fellow student's phones. They were supposed to be turned off in classes.

How'd the kids solve this problem? The kids have such high-pitched ring tones that the "older" teachers could not hear the ring tones because of the frequency!! Therefore the kids sit back there with innocent little faces getting text messages. This kid in the column was complaining about the "mosquito" tones that hurt her ears and the other student's ears and wondering what she should do.

Our kids today are SO smart if they'd just channel all this intelligence in the right way. And I'm glad I'm no longer in the teaching profession!