The mobile phone do more good than harm.

Hello again, you have raised some very interesting points. I now wish I gave us both more time to debate this more thoroughly. I do agree with you that mobile phone can be used as calculator. However I would like to add on to the fact that mobile phone is also used as dictionary and other research and educational purposes. Students nowadays are expected to hand in report in a very short time that include huge amount of data and results from past experiment. I would like to suggest that mobile phone has been a great help to student and researches who need data and resources from the internet for their work or studies.(ex. Google web). I also agree that sometimes mobile phones distracts the class and gives the teachers a hard time maintaining the class. However, I understand that only a small percentage of pupils are use phone during class time. This is partly because almost all teachers confiscate phone from the pupil once they saw them using it without a valid reason. I believe only a small amount of rebellious pupils are willing to take the risk. I should also add on to the fact that it"s their own responsibilities towards this phone issue and they need to be responsible to their own learning. Apart from this, I personally agree with the fact that jotting down notes helps and are more efficient towards one"s learning. But that does not mean that data collection tools are useless or insignificant. They also help and are more convenient. I side with the fact that there will be prejudice in this issue. The fact that there will be more in-use cell phones than there are people on the planet right now. Gadgets like tablets, smartphones and not-so-smart phones are multiplying five times faster than we are, with our population growing at a rate of about two people per second, or 1.2% annually. While it"s proven that more and more people are using mobile phones, the functions of mobile phones also diversified, inevitably improved many people"s lives. If the statement of online teens cannot be taken into consideration, what can? I will be on the same mind with what the opponent had highlighted about prejudice. However, it"s clear that everyone including you, my opponent, owns a phone. And if mobile devices are doing more harm than good, what makes mobile phones such a huge impact on us? What makes the mobile phones the fastest growing manmade phenomenon ever -- from zero to 7.2 billion in three decades? As answer suggested might be that most people are unaware of the cons of the phones, I would like to emphasize that while teenagers are spending more time online, the school nowadays has been instilling the correct time management and values in teenagers. I believe people are aware of the cons of the phones, yet it"s obvious that no phones will ever be found inside the toilet bowls or bins after the speech or lecture. People continue to use phone but with the correct time management. Thus, I suppose that answer the opponent suggested should be classified as impractical. In additional, I also believe it"s more of personal responsibility towards the usage of phone and the duration spent using phone. Cyber bullying is pretty common nowadays. While kids are using internet differently from the past few years, the cases of cyber bullying had been increasing rapidly. While one of the cases, as what opponent had brought up, is Amanda Todd. I would like to stress that while cyber bullying is common, we often get inspiration quotes and creative ideas online although one would say that those can be found in books and movies. According to Google's advanced algorithms, there are nearly 130 million books in the world, or 129,864,880, to be exact. I did some research, in 2012 IMDb stated that about 4 millions movies had been produced. So if you were to watch every movie on Earth, it would take you 460 years. But it is possible that more movies could be made during that time. I would once again stress that its very rare for human to live up to 460 or more years. Although one could say that we do not need to watch or read all to get quotes or ideas, I would like to mention that the web search engine had done the massive work by summing up or concluded almost all the books and movies. And just by typing a few words and a click, we could get the answer to our question. To sum up, I believe that educated human beings are able to understand and put their phones into good use like researching rather than humiliating or threatening other users online. On my next point, I would like to touch on the topic of Amanda Todd. I believe she had posted a video on Youtube in which she used a series of flash cards to tell her experience of being blackmailed into exposing her breasts via webcam before committing suicide at her house. She was a brave girl who encountered many unfortunate incidents. However I would like to point out a fact. The story started when she was introduced to an anonymous person on Facebook who flattered her so much to the point of convincing her to flash her topless body to him. That"s when the tragedy took place. First of all , I personally felt that the responsibility lies more in her hand. As she was unaware of the consequences when she flashed, she experienced what most teens did not. I do not want to add on to the responsibilities of her death, but I am sorry for the lost of her parents. The story is still there to teach everyone a lesson. It is indeed true that the policemen are not stationed 24/7 to watch out for one"s own safety. Once again, it"s regarding about responsibility. To highlight a point, road safety is a shared responsibility. I did a little research about the causes of road accidents, to sum up everything, road accidents normally occurred due to over speeding, drunken driver, distraction to driver, red light jumping, avoiding safety gears. Distracted driving is a major cause of distraction. Talking over the cell phone or texting while driving. Data shows that around 10 percent of accidents are due to a distraction driver. 10 percent is neither a small nor big number. I would like to stress that if laws cannot prevent distraction, sometimes one need to learn an lesson. However, I believe as recent reports on the newspaper talk about distraction to driver like the mobile phones, drivers should be aware of this situation and the consequences. While newspaper might not be common in some countries, many use mobile phone to read online news. I thank the opponent for spending time do research regarding about the usage of mobile phone. From this source( http://www.pewinternet.org...) , although 54% of smartphone owners say their phone is not always needed, 46% say it is something they couldn"t live without. This survey shown that users view smartphones as freeing, connecting, helpful, and usually worth the cost. Although I could say mobile phones might not be productivity, I want to emphasize that phone users"s view reflected that they feel happy and satisfied. Psychologist had done researches about how our emotions will affect our mindset, body and thinking. Thus, it is also important to have a positive mindset and chase negativity out of our lives. Although mobile phones are known as a entertainment most of the time, I believe it also work as educational purposes during times in classroom that had been highlighted out in paragraph one. I could say mobile phones are multi-purpose devices. Back to the point of cyber bullying, communication through the internet had been very common nowadays and teens are interacting across the world without really knowing who is behind the screen. There is a good part and bad part in this case. It is true that as internet became a bigger part of our lives, we need to raise awareness to the outside world. Unfortunately, cases of cyber-bullying have been increasing and people are normally over-sensitive on the internet. As such, schools and parent placed a very important in the teens" lives. No one actually have the power the stop cyber bullying from occurring. People don"t normally take back what they said because they think that no one actually knows them. Words that were told couldn"t be taken back too as it will forever be on the internet. While this seems like it can"t be resolved, one could plays a small part. I think it is only fair to say that what goes around comes around. As more cyber bullying offenders surfaced, victims have also been seen self-harm. Parents should step in to resolve or one should immediately shared this with a adult he or she trusted when he or she felt offended. While mobile phones allows negative communicates, it is also true that it allows positive ones. Mobile technology allows users to interact with family, friends and colleagues in ways that weren't possible for previous generations. The text and instant messaging functions of cell phones can be used to help those who suffer from vocal communication problems. Some conditions, such as certain forms of autism or diseases of the vocal cords, leave individuals able to understand words but unable to vocalize them. Mobiles offer a portable and unobtrusive way to type what they want to say instead of having to say it aloud, with some phones also offering text-to-speech capabilities. Mobiles phones also make it easier than ever before to communicate with families when one are overseas and often travels. Playing video games can help boost teenagers" results in crucial subjects such as maths and science, a major international study suggests. Pupils who enjoy gaming in moderation scored slightly higher overall in international tests and fared particularly well on digitally-based problem solving tasks, according to research published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). As such, it"s not always a bad thing for pupils to play games. However, it is understood that pupils might get addicted to games and it is usually unhealthy. Apart from this, parents have been taken into consideration to notice this situation. They should limit the time spent in front of the screen of their children and have quality time spent with them. For the last point, the internet had provided information regarding about ISIS although it had been recruiting members for the killing. The fact that Isis is using internet and social media applications to promote its message may indicate that it does not have strong organic support. Their actions have been monitored and reported via the internet and thus giving the government more time to decide on their next moves. One of recent case in Singapore was about Amos Yee. He is a talented youth that was first spotted by Jack Neo when Amos first posted a video of him taken on four different acting roles in his "self-written, self-directed film". He then won awards and became a former child actor. However at the age of 17, he was arrested as he posted video that criticizing Lee and compared him with Christianity. Looking at the whole situation, although mobile phone and internet access plays a part at uploading the video and causing a commotion, that does not give an idea that mobile phone is harmful. I can only suggest that what Amos did is incorrect. In conclusion, the above evidences and points proved that mobile phones do more good than harm.