Schools are starting to ban cell phones because they are becoming a big problem for schools, according to studies by KFF, and CBS News. This debate is starting to get more and more popular each day. Educators around the country say, "students are less focused than ever," (Most, 2023). Schools have been looking into banning phones for more than 30 years. In 1989, Maryland passed a law that banned taking pagers and "cellular phones" to school. Students who violate this could face fines and jail time. In the 1990s, more and more students brought their phones to school. Some school districts made bans to remove devices that were distracting in class. After the Columbine and 9/11 attacks, schools decided to unban phones to contact their parent in case there was an emergency. The ban managed to make its return in the 2010s due to popular social media apps like Facebook taking arise. 90% of schools prohibited phone usage during school hours. Some students lived in low-income families. Those who couldn't buy a laptop for school used their phone. This caused some school to rethink their decision. By 2016 only 2/3 of schools had bans which is still a lot. But since then the reason schools want to push the rule further is because of cyberbullying. And the constant use of social media in school has made more schools consider this ban.
Some people think that cell phones should be banned, and some don't think they should be banned. Statistics show that it's the mental health that causes the ban. And because we aren't paying attention to the teacher. The UNESCO report was posted on the Washington Post. "School should ban smartphones. Parents should help." This one quote that stood out to me. "Students need to learn the risks and opportunities that come with technology, develop critical skills, and understand how to live with and without technology," UNESCO said. Unlike them, the U.N. Agency stated that exposure to digital cell phones helps students understand and develop critical parts of emerging technology.
My opinion on this debate is we should have our phones in school. In case an emergency were to happen, our safety is being able to contact our parents from whatever. Cell phones have proven to upgrade a student's academic learning. Phones have tools that are not available to everyone. They can improve the idea of creativity. Those are the reasons I want them to be in school, but in some cases where I would be fine if the schools got rid of phones if we just paid attention to our phones. And not to the teacher giving the lesson. Or if there were cases of cyberbullying being made. And we lose the sense to communicate with each other on one or when we are to be in a group. But we also need to look at our mental health and how it's affected by it or how our attention span is decreasing. Computer scientists who studied attention spans say over the last 20 years we are down to 8 seconds. 20 years ago we used to have an attention span of 2 minutes to around 45 seconds.
Do you think they should ban cell phones?
Should teachers be allowed to take away our phones?
Do you think that students pay more attention to phones than to the teachers?
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I agree with you, if there was to be an emergency you would want to contact a parent as soon as possible. Because our own safety is the most important thing. And we can't do that if we don't have a cell phone.
I believe that cell phones should be allowed in high school but if it a problem a teacher can take it for the rest of the day and return it. I also feel that if a student is paying more attention to their phone than it will show up on their grades and they should be responsible for themselves.
I agree with you, teachers should take them if they end up having a problem with them, but if you have bad grades that is on you not paying attention in class due to putting more time on your phone then the lesson.
I don't think they should ban phones because then the only way to contact students is through the school. If schools do enforce the rule of no phones during class, they should make sure to enforce the rule. I agree that phones should be put away during class unless you have a study hall.
I don't think cellphones should be banned because if they were we would have almost no communication but it should be put away/turned off during learning time. Becasue if someon was on their phone during class they won't learn anything and will most likely do bad on an assignment or test.
i dont think cellphones should be banned, but the rule "no cell phones in class" should be enforced way more if schools want to get rid of it this badly , i do agree that students should not be on there cellphones during class.
I do not believe that cell phones should even be put up let alone banned. It could be there only way to contact their family in a emergancy. I agree sometimes studnents do not need to e on there phone all of class. But we do not need to take it for the whole day / multiple days, thats is just outragous.
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