Students should be allowed full use of their cell phones during school hours.

With in this arguement, I want to show the negative effects of cell phones in school. First, I want to point out a fatal flaw my opponent has made. A high percentage of students may not have a "significant relationship" with their teacher. Being a student myself, I have seen that there is a high number of students that just want the school day to be over with and they do not try to create this connection. I do not see the point of this connection if you are not going to see most of your teachers next year and having to redo the creation of this so called relationship. My opponent also brought up on how students are dealt with when they are caught cheating on a test or if the cell phone becomes a disturbance. After he or she has their cell phone taken away, the student would eventually get it back and start the process again and lead to a continuous taking and giving back the cell phone. So, if the cell phone is given back, should the student have full capabilities with it? No, because what I just explained will happen and destroy the relationship that student may have with that teacher. If school systems should have socialization between the students, why not create something like recess when they can play games, be outside, and SOCIALIZE. that is what recess and things like it were meant for. In my school, the only socialization time I have is during lunch, and that is only 30 minutes of the approximately 6 to 7 hour school day. I also have a few points ***Point 1*** Cell phones are a source of connection to parents. The only time a student should need their cell phone for calling their parents after school or during an emergency. Unless some emergency has occured, the students cell phone should be off. As most schools do or should do is allow students access during these times. Yes students have the right to have complete contact with their parents, but not at the risk of an education needed to survive in this ever changing world. ***Point 2*** Students have the capability of cheating on a test. Not only do they have this capability, but they abuse it even with the rule that prohibits all cell phone use at any time during the shool day. Not only do they have the capability to cheat, but challenge a person to fight or make a drug deal, which is against the law. Allowing this could create a state of chaos within the school system and social hiearchy of the students. This can be considered a form of SOCIALIZATION to a student leading to many other problematic conclusions that I would not prefer to state in this arguement. ***Point 3*** Students should be allowed some access to their cell phones, but not complete access to them. Yes, a cell phone is used or many things, but with these things comes the need for rules and regulations set specifically to the use of cell phones. With every good, comes a bad, and with responsibilities, comes consequences. Students should have access to their cell pones, but under certain guidelines set by not only the shool system, but with help from the students as well. I hope that someone in the school system sees the logic my opponent and I are setting for fellow debaters and make the changes necessary to create a stable place of learning for their students. I wish my opponent the best of luck and hope he understands that I think students should be allowed limited use, instead of unlimited use. "cell phone's and devices in school." National Issues Forums Online Discussions. 12/28/08. National Issues Forums. 13 Jan 2009 <http://www.websitetoolbox.com...; "Fair Cell Phone Use in Schools." Suite 101. 3/11/07. 13 Jan 2009