The mobile phone do more good than harm.

Greetings opponent. I would like to congratulate you as your argument is a very impressive one and I did have difficulty refuting it. Nevertheless, I will not give up. Now, let me the the ball rolling. The Internet can be accessed via the computer, Ipad, and other devices. As such, the usefulness of accessibility to the Internet is minimum. A few students also have access to the hard copy and digital dictionary. These kind of specialized dictionaries further 'dilutes' your argument. ' This is partly because almost all teachers confiscate phone from the pupil once they saw them using it without a valid reason.' From what my opponent has said, it is agreeable that my opponent has shown that without teachers, the percentage of students using the phone in class will increase exponentially. In fact, my opponent also stated that some students are willing to take the risk to use the mobile phone. Now, this shows that the degree of addiction is very great. Addictions trigger the right frontal lobe of the brain. This will pump blood from the body to the right frontal lobe, expanding it. If the right frontal lobe of the brain is triggered repeatedly, the person's right frontal lobe will expand permanently. This will cause the deterioration of the body's sense of balance and cognitive function of the hands and fingers. This will also decrease the grip power of a person. From what my opponent has said too, it can be inferred that mobile phone cause students to lack the discipline to take the responsibility for their learning. This also affect a lot of people. From http://www.webmd.com... , it is seen that 70% of people said they check their smartphone within an hour of getting up. 56% check their phone within an hour of going to sleep. 48% check over the weekend, including on Friday and Saturday nights. 51% check continuously during vacation. 44% said that they would experience "a great deal of anxiety" if they lost their phone and couldn't replace it for a week. I am also delighted at the fact that the opponent agreed with my view. From the argument shown above, it is seen that my opponent indirectly stated that students do not take responsibility for their studies due to the mobile phone. As said before, the usefulness and harm of the phone is determined by its use, in this case, my opponent showed that the mobile phone is not properly used. Since jotting down notes are more efficient and cheaper than mobile phones, it can be seen that the mobile phone is less useful than jotting down notes by a large extent. Yes, schools do offer time management lessons, however, do they teach students all the negative effects of the mobile phone? Did they give enough lessons? Even if that is so, how many students will actually follow their instructions? Mobile phone addiction is as addictive as drugs and smoking addiction as they both trigger the right frontal lobe of the brain. Let us have a moment of contemplation, if mobile phone addiction is that addictive, will students obey the instructions of teachers given that there will be no penalty for misdeeds? Moreover, it was clearly stated in the previous arguments formed that the usefulness and harm of the mobile phone is determined by its use. You were correct in saying that I own a mobile phone. However, it must be noted that only a few people, including me, use the mobile phone wisely. In the past, it is about what machines do for us, however, he issue is about what the mobile phone do to us. In order to make the mobile phone effective for us, we need to use it wisely. And from the statistics of the uses of mobile phone, this is obviously negative. In reply to your questions, the only survey that can be taken is from the professors and experts who fully understands the mobile phone. It is also questionable if people use their mobile phones with good time management. The source http://www.huffingtonpost.com... , states that an average 128 minutes of a day is used for the interactions with the mobile phone. Now, this is approximately 13% of the time that humans are awake considering that everyone sleeps for 8 hours. This is a significant number. From the source http://searchenginewatch.com... , it can be seen that the internet is not used properly and only a minority of mobile phone users search for inspirations in the internet, thus, negating your argument. I would also try not to disappoint you opponent, but your belief that people put their phone to good use is utterly deluding. From the source https://puresight.com... , it is seen that only 51% of people think before they post. This is about half the mobile phone user population. I would also like bring up another issue from the source given above. The source states that One million children were harassed, threatened, or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying on Facebook in the past year. The amount of cyberbullying cases are very staggering. Let us take note that this is only in the social media Facebook and that the victims here are only inclusive of children. I would leave my opponent and the readers and voters to judge how many people are actually cyberbullied. Amanda Todd was ignorant of the consequences, however, why does Amanda Todd look as if she as more fault than the bully in your argument? If your argument was implemented, would all scams, rape, and lies put victims in more fault? So do you mean that the victims should be more severely dealt with? Therefore it is agreeable that the bully was more at fault and that my example is valid and reasonable. I would also like to state that the information presented at the internet is not always true. Even 'reliable sources' like the wikipedia could be false. This is proven by the group mediawatch. They found out that 90% of the information founded in the internet is false. Now, not everyone search for a lot of sources to look for information due to the hectic lifestyle. As such, most people would have gotten misinformed and might potentially 'dumb down' Regarding the case of Amos Yee, if you have read my argument carefully, it can be seen that the internet have a negative influence on individuals due to jihadist groups spreading their hate and brutality, resulting in rebellious, corrupt and deluded individuals like Amos Yee. Due to time constraint, I shall refute more of the arguments put forth by the opponent and bring up more points in the next round. My sincere apology for my tight schedule.