Sadat Rahman 2/25/13 English Cellphones Should Not Be Allowed In School! When you walk into a classroom today you will see students on their Cellphones. Some are playing games, while others are texting. Some are going on Facebook to update their status or talk with their friends, or some may go to Twitter to keep up with the news, follow their favorite team, or be involved in politics. Everyone is doing their own thing, as well as ignoring what the teacher…
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Should Kids Have Phones At Elementary School Age? If you gave your child a phone, you probably wouldn’t know what they were doing with it all the time. Children today between ages 4-18 have phones. There are a few areas in which children should have phones, but there are probably ten times as many reasons for children not to have phones. Children that have phones while they are still in elementary school could easily be exposed to the bad things on the internet, and their parents wouldn’t know…
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Why we should be able to have phones in school. To teach responsibility. students know that they shouldn’t use their phones in school to play color switch or go on to snapchat, or give the answers on a test. In case of an emergency, If a student forgot their homework or their binder the cold just text their parents to bring them their homework or their binder. If there was a threat or a shooting, cell Phones can help contact worried parents. This is what they can argue is that kids may…
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I believe that technology should be allowed in high school classrooms because it’s easier and more beneficial than using a textbook, students will be more engaged, and it prepares students for the future. Technology in the classroom has a very large role in education. Many schools have banned phones in the school, but I don’t think they should. Technology is everywhere in our world; everyone is using it. Even kids start using technology before they are five and will use it tell until they can't use…
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students that use cell phones a lot experience restlessness and disruptive sleep patterns. For instance, cheating on tests through texting, cyberbullying, taking photos or videos of others, including teachers, without their knowledge. will exacerbate poor writing and grammar skills and is therefore counterproductive to the reason we are there in the first place. We are now dealing with 'Generation Text' instead of 'Generation X'," said Ken Trump, President of National School Safety and Security Services…
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into their phone. I believe there are many different reasons why students cannot put their phones down, but I think the biggest is social media. Social media is great for checking in on friends that you haven't seen in an extremely long time, but there is definitely a point where kids are on it too much. For example, while my shop teacher was talking about how much we were on our phones, there was only five kids in the entire class that were paying attention, three of them had their phone in their…
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Students should not have cell phones in class. Audience: School Board Reasons: I. Safety Concern/Cyber Bullying II. Source of Cheating III. Distraction IV. Interference of Learning Interfering with students’ learning, distracting them from listening or studying, setting up for failure, a method of cheating, and safety hazards or cyber bullying are outcomes of permitting cell phones during the school day. Many people attending school want to be able to have their cell phone with…
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faculty two years ago, banned all cell phone use at Mountain Middle School during school hours.¨ Shane Voss, the principal of Mountain Middle School had banned all cell phones at his school, and found amazing results from doing so, students did not cheat, found the need to be on their phones much less, and were much more focused in school. Many schools across America allow students to bring their cell phone devices in class. Although they can bring their cell phones to class, they might not be able to…
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Some believe that sports are harmful to kids of younger age, but without any athletic activity it can also be harmful to their health. Sports can sometimes lead to injury but researcher Comstock states that " Coaches can make sure the athletes are very well coached in the technique of a sport and are physically able to perform a the sport before they are allowed to play." Research indicates that one of the primary benefits of sports for younger kids is boosting self confidence. Present runner Samuel…
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Smartphones in younger generations have become a recurring issue of debate today. It is crucial to establish an ideal age, and or phase, at which kids should be allowed to integrate smartphones and the internet into their lives, in order to protect them from the cyber threats while still providing them with the tools and advantages that these devices offer. Nowadays many teens have become addicted to their smartphones and have abandoned interpersonal relationships (Technology and Parenting 1). This…
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