Civil Disobedience And Cell Phones

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It has come to my attention that many of my peers and myself disagree with the rule enforced strongly by Mrs. Evans and the outside teachers about cell phone usage outside during the lunch period. The rule is, if you are caught outside with your cell phone, it is to be confiscated and given to you. We then have to ask permission for the phone back and the consequences grow the more you break that rule. However, I have come with some ideas on why the rule should be modified for the enjoyment of my peers and myself. The reason for my letter of civil disobedience is quite simple, we want cell phones outside. Why? Well, at the beginning of the year, you said and I quote, ‘It is your free time to look at phones and to mess around and dilly-dally.’