Students Should Be Allowed to Have Their Cell Phones at School

The Pro points to three main arguments to support the topic. Cellphones are great for the ease of students, gives students choice and responsibility, and provides all the benefits without the consequences. The problem with this attitude conveyed is cellphones are great for the ease of everyone. Substituting students to make that point is irrelevant. Ease of use for students may hold validity in the eyes of students, but does it in the eyes of others (as in anyone else except the student)?"As a result, many schools have developed strict no cell phone policies. Reconsideration regarding this powerful device and how it can be used in an educational setting should take place. Most of the world is poised to bring these devices into the realm of education. Innovative ways to approach the concept have already been presented.""It is important for adults, parents, and educators to be attuned to the ICT that have become a part of children’s social and psychological lives. In doing so, there can be a positive influence on the revivification of these objects and their meanings. It should be incumbent upon educators that whatever content is taught should be done in such a way that has value and meaning to the learner. Considering how to use cell phones in education is one way to blend real life and school life to make learning more relevant, personal, and meaningful." -http://www.ncsu.edu...-Giving choice and responsibility for the use of a cellphone is the decision of the parent to make. Attempting to misconstrue that the school or the teaching staff suddenly is suppose to uphold this decision in your household is completely naive. The school a student attends has phones located in the office for ease of use and to prevent miss communication. I would love to carry around my favorite portable personal tablet/cellphone and use it with responsibility any where I please, but giving choice and responsibility in the hands of anyone requires them to have been taught proper manners and ethics. While the task of being at school is to learn and follow the curriculum and learn these important aspects is far more primary than you checking social media or texting your BFF. Additionally, it is far more critical you stay concentrated at the task at hand rather getting caught up in situations and gossip that float around an adolescence's mind which is still developing into adulthood.All the benefits without the consequences, spoken like a true adolescent, it is not meant to be condescending. This has been said by myself growing up and with my own children. How could you suggest that years of adults recognizing distractions from their own childhood and medical/educational studies should be disregarded? Let us expand on this a bit, If the student does lose track of this privilege (having a cellphone, is just that, a privilege in the hands of students who's primary focus is learning) he/she will completely be willing to not argue and whine that the teacher is taking a personal item? Again, the reason it should be prohibited is to avoid the disruption. The point is learning, having discipline for the use, and not using your cellphone while multi-tasking on gaining an education."Most school administrations regard cell phone use as disruptive and distracting, and have implemented policies that prohibits using them on school grounds. Cell phones are a disruption in school. Text messaging can be used to cheat on tests. Students who are text messaging are not able to give full attention to the lesson. If a student cell phone rings in class, it totally disrupts the class for a considerable period of time. Many cell phones are also camera phones. Camera phones present an invasion of privacy in the schools . One of the best ways we can protect the privacy of every student is to ban cell phones from school during the school day." - http://ezinearticles.com... -I will agree with the Pro, his argument is quite simple, and doesn't take into account much of anything except the need for the use of a cellphone. It is noble of you to mention the importance to communicate with your students/parents if schedules change, but school's have policies in place for the safety, security, and to maximize the point in which schools truest intentions are for...too be educated on primary subjects and preparing good habits for secondary schooling after high school.All and all, it is probably best you follow the policies for the use of the cellphone, because some schools will confiscate your phone and require a parent to come and have a conference to retrieve it based on the incident. I recently had to take part in such a situation personally, and let me tell you, the person - my child in reference, is learning how it used to be before children carried portable devices around and how communication worked prior to 2002.