Using Cell Phones In The Classroom

Scott is an eighth grade student who is in a class where he can use his cell phone whenever he wants. He is always texting his friends and passing notes to other students. He takes a photos of his teacher and some of the other students in class even though he is not supposed to. He then goes ahead and posts them on his social media websites so all his friends can see. He also goes ahead and plays games on his phone when he is supposed to be taking notes. He does this and doesn’t even get caught so he continues to do this day after day whenever he gets the chance. Scott’s grades start to drop drastically and he falls behind in class. He is always distracted by his phone and never completes any assignments or participates in class. When his teacher

If students got the opportunity to use their cellphones whenever they wanted in class then they would be able to take pictures of students and teachers without the victim 's realizing. They can bad things and cyberbully other students. They can post these embarrassing photos of the victims on social media platforms and make fun of them. They can also just say mean things behind others backs via text messaging. As stated by the New York Post “There were 804 reported incidents in the 2015-16 school year, compared to 686 the prior year and 178 in 2013-14, the year before the cellphone ban was lifted.” In the New York lifted their school cell phone ban and the first year that they did there was 686 reported instances that people were being cyberbullied. The following year there was 804 reported instances when people were cyberbullying. The year before, when the ban was still in place, there was only 178 instances. That means in that two year span, 626 more instances came up. That is just over a 450 percent increase in only two years. Lifting the ban didn’t let students use their cell phones whenever they wanted so just imagine how much this percent would go up if students are able to use their cell phones whenever they want to. If students were able to use their cellphones in class whenever they wanted it would cause a big issue because the cyberbullying in school would rise

Remember Scott, his class was able to use their cell phones whenever they wanted. He took advantage of this and was regularly distracted by his phone. He played games and texted his friends when he was supposed to be learning. He is never caught so he continues to do this regularly. This is a bad habbit to get into because it distracts him from his learning. This habit also impacted Scott’s future. It caused him to start to fail school, which lead into him not getting accepted into any good colleges. Many students will use their phones very irresponsibly if they are given the chance to use them whenever they want. That is why everyone needs to join the 80% of the people who took the debate.org survey and agreed that we should not let students use their cell phones whenever they want to. We cannot let school districts let their students use their cell phones whenever they want to because it would be way to problematic. Contact your school district and see if they are considering doing this. If they are tell them why not to. In the end the students like Scott will thank you. They will never even be tempted to use their phone in negative ways if this idea comes into action. Then teachers can truly see what the child is made