Should Cell Phones Be Banned in Schools?

Cell phones Banned in School?

Cell phones are a big part of everyday use, especially nowadays, to keep in touch with family, friends, relatives, co-workers, and pretty much anyone you communicate with. Cell phone technology is advancing everyday equipping phones with built-in cameras, internet, text messaging, translators, calculators, etc. Giving this much access to a student at the palm of their hand is the reason why cell phones are now being banned in schools. The reason is cheating. Many students figure that they don’t need to study and can still do well using their versions of modern technology to get answers off the Internet and from their friends. Therefore, if there are no cell phones, there is no cheating on tests. Since adopting this new policy, cheating levels have gone down, and focus levels have gone up. Because of students disturbing their classmates, the test scores were down but because the rule is set, focus has gone up meaning that test scores have gone up. I believe with this new rule, students will improve all around will improve their test scores because they will have much more concentration and focusing ability on whatever they are working on. Cell phones are also a huge distraction in class for the user and others around him. Students have far abused their privilege of having a phone in school. It is not fully students fault that phones have been used in such a way, as it is also the companies that provide such phones for the public. Parents may argue that their children should carry phone in school in case of emergencies, but schools have phones open for students to use in a case of an emergency. Additionally, some students do not have the privilege of having cell phones, which then sets them at a disadvantage behind other students. It would be like most of a math class being allowed to use a calculator but there isn’t enough. Wouldn’t we want all students to be treated as equals? If we allow students to use resources that are not available to all students then that would be unfair to the other students. Clearly stated, it would not be fair at all to let some students use their cell phones. Overall, it is as much student’s fault that cell phones are looked upon this way, as it is the cell phone companies building these advanced cell phones.