The use of cell phones by students should be encourage

To begin, I wish to define some definitions for this debate. The first being "Cell Phone", which I agree with the definition from my opponent that he or she presented, being: "A mobile phone is a wireless handheld device that allows users to make calls and send text messages, among other features". Then there is "student" meaning: "A person who takes an interest in a particular subject". And finally, there is "encourage" which is defined as : "Give support and advice to (someone) so that they will do or continue to do something"; or "Help or stimulate (an activity, state, or view) to develop". My opponents argument that he or she has brought upon is a cell phone being distracting towards the students. I admit it can, but I must ask one question within the debate: "Do you think most of the knowledge gained in school will be used a lot in the future"? I mean, I agree that students should put more focus; but are they ever going to use most stuff from school in real life? Probably not, because stated under an article titled "You learnt it all at school - but how much do you remember", 85% of the information gained from school die off after about a year. Because of most adults using experience learned, than just knowing a fact. An example is if I told you to fill up a bucket of water near the edge, and then weigh it. Are you going to use a complex math formula to calculate the weight, or just simply place it on a scale? Same situation with adults in modern society; so if kids are getting distracted from their learning, are they going to truly use the information within the future? My opponent also states that most cell phones are used during the middle of class. I admit that they do, but focusing on the topic on hand, students can gain knowledge from using a phone than a text book. Let me ask another question, is the future of our society going to reliable on technology, that will need knowledge of coding? If you say no, explain to me of why; otherwise it is presumed that our society will rely on technology in the future. Students are actually learning to use all the "advanced" features within a phone, and also using its power for other beneficial things. My opponent then claims that students play games on their phone, when in reality, most do not. Stated on a statistic from "Forbes", they stated that 56% of people use their phone to search on the Internet for articles. And funny enough, the articles that are searched up are about facts within our government, economy, and local news. So if my opponent claims that students are not learning, then why are they learning about all this information from their cell phone? To conclude this argument, cell phones should be encouraged because it actually helps kids get smarter, and really do not cause harm within society. If our society's future is going to rely on technology, then why discourage kids to use their cell phones; when it will be a common practice? It is said that in schools, tablets will be used instead of textbooks because of being more "reliable". Sources: www. dailymail. co. uk/news/article-1103305/You-learnt-school--remember-Test-knowledge-fascinating-facts. html www. education. com/magazine/article/smartphones-kids/ www. forbes. com/sites/chuckjones/2012/11/29/what-do-people-use-their-cell-phones-for-beside-phone-calls/