Cell Phones in School
What do you think about the cell phone policy? Can you think of any reasons why cell phones should be allowed in school? What problems could arise if all students were allowed to use their cell phones in schools?
posted by KHannon @ 6:59 PM
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Why hasn't anyone addressed the issue of posting pictures on our wikis from cell phones? I don't think the issue should be so much the "calling in an emergency", but more about how the technology of cell phones (pictures, internet access etc.) can help us in the classroom. Don't forget, if there is an emergency at home, your parents know where you are! They will call the school to get in contact with you. Think about the student who may not be able to afford to purchase a computer, but may already have a cell phone with internet access.
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What do I think of the cell phone situation?? HHmmm...I think the authorities down town are getting a bit out of control. I understand their trying to avoid fights and jumpings, because it is possible that the people who want to fight will call their friends to help, and it will be a blood bath. But come on! Sending the fones all the way down town is stupid. What if my parents work full time and don't have the extra time to go get my fone back. And for them to prohibit them completely is ridiculous, because if we are at a school fucnction, like prom ,and we get stranded...where is our cell phone??! AT HOME or DOWN TOWN! It's being over done. *1*
There are different sides to this subject. While some think that we should carry our cell phones others don't. In my opinion the school is partly right in their cell phone policy. I understand that the policy is in place in order to keep us safe. I do think that their approaches are kind of pointless seein as we still carry our cell phones in school.
In a different point, sometimes our parents call us with emergencies. For example last year my stepgrandmother died and I was not able to listen to my voicemail, and the wors part was that I knew what the phone call was about. Im not saying that we should carry our cell phones, but we should be able to use them in emergencies.
I think if your cell phone is taken
for whatever reason you should be able to get it back at the end of the day. The punishment for the first offense should just be one school day. I think ten days is too long, you never know why a person has a cell phone and they just might need it during after school hours. If you don't learn from the first offense then the punishment should be longer. Cell phones should be allowed in school just because they're needed when we get out of school. If students were allowed to use their cell phones in schools there would be chaos. The teachers wouldn't be able to control the students, the students wouldn't listen and no one would learn.
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I personally think that cell phones should be allowed in school to a certain extent. When the cell phones are becoming a distraction in class, thats when they should be taken away. If someone is trying to contact their parents for an emergency then they should be able to use them without having their phone being taken away. If their phones are taken, they should get there phones back if, and only if, their parents come and get it, not holding it for 10 or 30 days. If their cell phones were really that important then their parents shoul have no problem with coming and picking up their childs cell phone from school.
i read thru all the comments above me, there are pros and cons about nearly everything in general. most of the comment i read was about emergency and distractions. In my opinion it's totally unfair when students are not allowed to bring cell phones while teacher are allowed to... some teacher's phones ring during class and distracts students, even worse when some teachers step outside of the class to talk. but who will collect them from teachers?
Are texting the only distraction to our education? ofcourse not! i know we all pass notes >] they can stop 1 but there is a lot more. and besides how did students pass when they r a distraction to school? even if cellphones are collected and the class is boring instead of texting students will just daydream or find something else that entertains them.
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