I am first going to talk about the pros to having a cell phone in school and how it can be beneficial. The family education website tells us:
- You can be in touch with your children, and know their whereabouts.
- Your kids can reach you in the event of an emergency, and vice versa.
- If in danger, your children can reach the authorities or a medical provider.
- Phones can be silenced during class or study periods, and active only in appropriate places.
- Cell phones create a convenience that was previously unavailable. With cell phones, you can easily reach your kids for any reason: to ask them questions, change plans, or to simply say hello.
I think that having a cell phone in high school is a good thing. Although I am not 100% for it, I am mostly for it. I grew up with the dilemma of having the cell phone in the classroom and being yelled at for having it on me while I was in school. Our school tried to make sure that our phones were in our lockers and turned off while we were there. I thought that this was a good try, but really, we are going to have out cell phones on us all the time if we want to. What they did wrong was not really punish us if they caught us with it. They would just take it for less than an hour or tell us to put them away. Having them let us communicate with our parents when we wanted to especially because a lot of us were athletes. If we were not aloud to have them in schools at all, then what would happen if something happened at the end of school, or something dangerous happened in the school and we wanted to get a hold of our parents. I think having cell phones in school are risky, but if implemented right then they could work.
Here are some of the cons that are provided by the family education website:
- Students often forget to turn off their phones in class, and ringing noises or text-message alerts disrupt learning.
- Even if set to silent, cell phones can still cause distraction, since text messaging has become a high-tech method of passing notes in school.
- Students have been known to use cell phones to call in bomb threats to schools, to avoid or condense class time.
- In the event of a widespread crisis, rampant cell phone use can overload communication systems and render them inoperable.
- Student cell phone networks add to the spread of rumors and misinformation, which can be harmful during a widespread crisis.
- Phones can be used as cheating devices during exams.
- The long-term physical effects of cell phone use are still undetermined.
The reason I also agree with not having cell phones in school, is the age factor. There are so many little kids now that have cell phones. Me, nor any of my friends could picture getting a cell phone at 8 years old, or even younger! What do children need cell phones for? They are not old enough to go somewhere after school unless its to a friends house, and if you are that young you would think that you planned that ahead with both parents. Kids have no use to cell phones in school or out of school in my opinion. It is a a tragedy what our kids have to come these days with technology. Don't get me wrong I am thoroughly involved with my cell phone, and I know more than I should be, but I don't even see kids playing outside half the time because they are so enriched with the computer, video games, cell phones, and the television.
In the end, I think that having cell phones in a productive and appropriate way is completely acceptable especially since our world is so technology friendly now. The reason I do feel like this is because HIGH SCHOOL age children could use them in many beneficial ways and you would rather be safe than sorry. Elementary school children need to back off, and parents need to stand up and tell them no!
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