Analysis: NYC Teens Pay Valets To Store Cell Phones

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According to the article NYC Teens Pay Valets to Store Cell Phones by Tina Fienberg, the cell phone trucks appear to be unique to New York City. Cell phones and other devices, such as iPad’s and iPod’s are banned in all New York City public Schools, but the rule is widely ignored expect in 88 buildings that have metal detectors. Thousands of children cannot take their cell Phones to schools have another option. Teenagers of New York City paying $1 day to store their cell phones in the truck parked nearby. Students might spend an expense that adds up to as $180 a year.
“One of the students of NYC said “my whole four years I have been putting my phone in this truck, and it’s been great. Only a dollar, it’s not bad.” This explains how students …show more content…

Students may even feel compelled to text message their friends during class. I also believe that these cell phone trucks make a big change in student’s education environment because if they do not have any electronic devices around them, they might concentrate well on what the teacher says and score good grades on tests. If students have cell phones with them, they do not actively participate in the school activities. So this idea of cell phone trucks makes children more active in participating in other school …show more content…

Teen’s parents might need to overcome their own blind vision. More than 75 percent of parents responding to the survey say that cellphone cheating happens at their children's school, but only 3 percent believe their own teen is using a cellphone to cheat. But even as teens advance their electronic cheating strategies, educators are beginning to fight back with their own anti cheating technologies, such as text-matching software, plagiarism checker, virtual students, and cheat proof tests, experts say.
“Experts also say that if teachers hold open discussions, issue warnings, and present guidelines for taking tests and writing papers, kids will be more hesitant about cheating.” This explain, the more teachers and school staff tells students not to use, that curious students try to use phones. Students think accessing notes on a cellphone, texting friends with answers, or using a phone to search the internet for answers during the test isn’t