Argumentative Essay Culminating Project Yondr Pouches are Beneficial Lili Watanabe, 727 Many students nowadays own phones, mostly around the age of 11-17. According to Anna Merod, a reporter, 97% of teens use their phones during the school day. Schools took action in order to keep these addictive cell phones that students eternally stare at out of reach during school days by handing them pouches. A yonder pouch is a secure bag that can be used to lock/store devices during important events. While many are aware that restricting cell phone usage in school by locking them up could possibly be detrimental to the students personal responsibility and their safety implications, statistics have proven that yonder pouches allow students to focus and learn better while having to be responsible for their phones and…show more content… Students are still held responsible for their own belongings and actions.Yonder pouches give students an opportunity to hold onto their phones which is an excellent deal for the students. Schools can teach students to become much more responsible without having to force them, while students can focus on learning. Based on the article, Should Schools Adopt ‘Cellphone Jails?’, Zainab Kuta stated, “... about closer to 80 percent are reporting that social and emotional benefits like more engagement, seeing students interact with each other or in class and participating has increased tenfold just because of the fact that they don't have that distraction or something that is keeping them away from really being present in that moment” (Kuta 1). Conversely, many claim taking away phones causes students to lose their sense of responsibility for knowing when they should get off the phone. Some stated that many learn off Social Media. Although this may be beneficial for certain students, evidence shows students are actually improving after the appearance of their
