Pros And Cons Of Cell Phones In School

Cell phone use

Cell phones play a huge role in our lives, sometimes helping us and sometimes getting in the way of important things and family time. Cell phones are very useful to our daily lives as in helping us navigate to our destination, but also interfere with plane rides and texting or calling while the person is driving. The good things that cell phones have done are help catch suspects using the gps, helped us learn new and different things in school and have made a positive influence in our society. Cell phones have its pros and cons of being allowed in the school industry. Sometimes they help learn and sometimes they distract you from keeping up with the class. Schools are now allowing children to use the internet to turn in assignments and do their work online. This method has helped many students because they have all their saved work so if they ever need it again they will just have to pull it up. Although some teachers think the opposite of some, a high school teacher from Seattle Washington thought it would be a good idea to try doing things without access to their phones and found out it actually helped improve their grades. She wrote “The first day I tried it, I felt like I had traveled back to a time when students’ attention was focused in the classroom rather than on the phones under their desk.” The students

Using social media we have learned about stories the news does not talk about and also learned the true story to some. For example, the people in Syria are getting bombed and have over a 500 death toll. The people from social media are starting a donation site where you can donate to help the people from Syria. Cell phones have also made an impact in our cultures because we are constantly learning about different cultures and what is happening in different states. Even though cell phones make a great impact on society they can also be harmful to airplane