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Should We Have Cell Phones In School Essay

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Should We Allow Phones In School? Imagine what the world would be like without cell phones. Did you know that 50% of teens feel addicted to their mobile devices. “I finally realized it. People are prisoners of their phones, thats why they are called cell phones.” Since so many kids have mobile devices that they can use schools should allow them to use them. But if they are doing things not related to school work, then they lose their privilages and have to write a paper as a punishment. Schools should try this policy and see if it works. If it does, then teachers can do stuff online and not have to print off everything on paper and kill so many trees. This is a very hot topic in schools around the country. So many schools want to allow phones, but students misuse them and then get them taken away. In other schools they don’t want to allow phones because they are addicting, cause distracted learning, and are not safe. I think we shouldn’t allow phones in school because they have many harmful effects on children. The first reason that I don’t think we should allow phones in school is because people are addicted to their phones and want to be on them instead of learn. Chris Davis says that “phones are a waste of …show more content…

It is not surprising that in a recent study schools which ban the use of phones experienced a substantial improvement in students ' test scores. Phones can have a negative impact on productivity through distraction. Phones hurt the vulnerable students the most. Allowing phones in schools would be the most damaging to low-achieving and low-income students. Students who didn’t use their phones wrote down 62% more information, took more detailed notes, recalled more information, and scored a full letter and a half higher grade than ones that were on their phones. If we don’t allow phones in school then kids will do better in school and have higher

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