Should Schools Ban Phones?

[6Hope]

Our school has a rule that you can't be on your phone in class. Some classes you have to put your phone in a phone pocket on the wall, and some you can just keep it in your bag, it just depends on the teacher you have. But should schools ban them entirely to the point you can't bring them in the school at all? Or should schools make it so you can have them on you all of the time, and can be on them whenever you want? 

Many websites have different answers on whether or not cell phones are good or bad for you, and whether or not they negatively affect your learning. Being on your phone or any electric device for long periods of time can physicaly hurt you in many ways and mentaly hurt you. It can strain your eyes, make it harder for you to socialize normally, make it difficult to sleep, and can make you lazier. Also If you have it in your pocket or on your desk it can be distracting. For example, if you feel your phone buz it immediatley distracts you. Feeling it buz will make you want to check it, and if you don't you'll start thinking about who it is or if it's important or not, which can be very distracting. Having it on you could also lead to the temptation of cheating. It's right there and you could easily use it for the answers. 

Although there are a lot of negatives there can also be a lot of positives. They make it easier to quickly communicate. An example of that would be if you need something from home or you need to talk to a parent you could just pull out your phone and text them. Having a phone with you to communicate could also help with privacy, if you do need something from home or you need to tell a parent something but you couldn't have your phone you'd have to go to the office and call and it'd be infront of everyone in the office and it is less privacy. Having your phone with you can also help you to work together on prodjectds with others easier, give more safety, and help you prepare for the future. 

I think we should just keep the phone rule how it is at our school. I think it's nice that we can have them during passing periods and study halls, but not everyone"s on them during classes. 

https://www.care.com/c/should-cellphones-be-allowed-in-school/

https://www.life360.com/blog/reasons-phones-allowed-at-school/#:~:text=Phones%20enable%20students%20to%20collaborate,classmates%20even%20outside%20the%20classroom.

https://www.bark.us/blog/phones-allowed-in-school/#:~:text=Cell%20phones%20enable%20students%20to,fostering%20communication%20skills%20and%20teamwork.

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http://https://stockton.edu/ctld/documents/facres/mobile-devices-in-the-classroom.pdf

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http://https://calgaryfamilyeyedoctors.com/are-phone-screens-bad-for-your-eyes/#:~:text=Phone%20screens%2C%20and%20other%20digital,a%20screen%20across%20the%20room.

 

Should  we be allowed to be on our phones whenever we want at school?

Do you think phones are good or bad for us? Why?

Does having a phone in your pocket distract you at school?

[6catherine]

I think phones should not be banned in school. In highschool we should know when to be on our phones and when not to. I don't think phones are bad for us majority of the time. I think we should also be putting our phones away during class.

[6Hope]

I don't think phones should be banned either and that highschool students should know when to be onour phones and when not to be. I agree that they aren't bad to have majority of the time. 

[3ava]

I think we should have phones in school, I like the rules of our phones now, before and after class, and during lunch, if you had it during class it would be considered a distraction, even though we have phone charts to put it them in but some people don't listen to that.

[6Hope]

I agree that we should have phones in school, and I also like the rules we have for phones now. I agree that having it in class would be dirstracting for me too.

[3karter]

I dont think we should be alowed to have phones whenever we want but if we have nothing to do then it can be alowed. I think some things on our phones are bad but not everthing. I think if your phone is on silence then its fine but if it goes off then its a destraction.

[8Carson]

I think phones should be aloned becasue if something happens and they need to call there parents they will have there phones. I thin k phonme should be aloned because if there was a fire or something they can call parents.

[5 Paige]

I think that we should be allowed to have phones in school, although I think we shouldn't have them out during class time unless we have teachers' permission. I think phones are good and bad for us. Phones help a lot with communication and they do teach you important things in life. 

[6Hope]

I agree that we should be allowed to have our phones in school but not in class without teacher' permission.

[6Abe]

We should. We should be allowed to make our own mistakes and learn. Phones can be good and bad depending how you use it. It doesnt distract me I might pull it out to quickly answer somone or check the time.

[6Anastacia]

I think that phones should be put away during class time and students should not be allowed on them during class. I think that any other time like at lunch or in the hallways is fine. I think that phones have become a very big distraction and that can affect student's learning.