cellphone should be restricted in school

Cell phones should definitely not be banned but they certainly should be restricted. Cell phones are completely legal to posses but here are some other things that are legal to possess and own, however their are certain conditions that exist where that right may be harmful to others. If I am in the middle of a class trying to take notes to desperately pass an upcoming test and the girl sitting next to me talks to herself as she types out a text message on her phone then that could be distracting not only to me, but to other students and to even the teacher as well. Since classes are usually less than an hour long such precious time such as a teacher having to tell 1 student to put their phone away possibly multiple times would cost the teacher valuable time to teach the class about the subject the test is going to be on. Have you ever been in a class when someones phone went off as you were silently reading? How annoying was that? What if they had a really obnoxious ringtone that was very distracting to your reading. Now imagined if that person were allowed to answer their phone in the middle of class and start having a conversation with somebody on their phone while your trying to read a book that you have to read mostly because you were assigned to do so and not because you actually want to read the book. If cell phones were not restricted in class then an already distracting situation could escalate into something far worse. Your idea of a double standard isnt necessarily true because the teacher would never whip out their cell phone right in the middle of a class lecture or a lesson to start texting someone. They have the courtesy and respect to wait until after class is over to text whoever it is they need to contact. Students though often text non stop throughout the class and disregard what anyone but the teacher says, so your idea of a double standard being implemented from barring cell phone use is only true in rare cases. A majority of the time it is the students who are abusing their use of cellphones. Socialization skills is very important especially when your growing up, but texting isnt the only way to talk to people. .. . Whenever a class starts the teacher is just as likely to say "quiet down kids" as "put your phones away" so if you ban cellphone use in classrooms you are only putting a temporary limit on how children can socialize and communicate. Also texting isnt how we teach students how to socialize, that is learned at an early age when talking is the primary form of socialization. In elementary school students are taught the letters in the alphabet not the letters of a keyboard. What I am saying is that texting may be a very large form of socialization, it is not the only one, nor is it the main form of communication, and also by the time students reach high school or college a limit on cell phone use wont cause a breakdown in their socialization skills. .. . Parent communication with their children while they are at school is important, but how often do we really have to worry about how our families are planning things out at home? If your in high school chances are your parents are aware of it. They of all people know when school starts, when school gets out, when you start to head home or when you usually notify them that school is over. We do not live in a world where nobody has a clue what anyone else is doing and the only way we can find out about anything is by confirming it through text message exchanges Also about education, students who use cell phones during tests are cheating the system entirely! They could easily be surfing google for the answers or asking the person across the room what the fourth root of 16 is. Cell phone use in this case is justified because then those who truly respect the education system, teachers, and how to act in class will reap the rewards over those who are more concerned about socializing. To summarize, reasons why limiting cell phone use in schools could be justified 1) They could distract others trying to learn in class 2) It costs teachers precious time to teach what must be taught in an already small time window. 3) It does not handicap the development of social skills in students 4) They could use them to cheat on their tests 5) Teachers are there to help us learn and they should be given our full and undivided attention and cellphone use interferes with that 6) Restricting cell phone use does not create a double standard that the con suggests 7) Students do not always have to keep in constant contact with their parents throughout school every day of the year.