#1 ~ The pay phone costs 50cents now, and a cell phone costs 10cents on a plan or 25cents without a plan. So you save money using your own phone.
#2 ~ In case of an emergency you can call for help. You don't have to run around looking for a phone because it's right there in your pocket.
#3 ~ If there is a black out you can only use mobile phones. All the other phones die without the power.
#4 ~ Students need privacy when they are talking on the phone. They don't need office secretaries and other waiting students ease dropping on their conversation.
#5 ~ Students can only use the school phone to phone home. Not to make personal phone calls. Which brings us back to reason #1
#6 ~ Students shouldn't have to get harassed by other impatient students waiting to use the phone.
#7 ~ If a student were to get injured, their mobile phone can be used to identify them and even to access their home or doctors phone number and address.
#8 ~ Students should be allowed to bring mobile phones because of the convenience of having one. It makes their already complicated life that much easier.
#9 ~ If a student is being bullied, trapped/locked somewhere or in something, sexually harassed or trying to avoid possible confrontation with a dangerous person. They can call the schools main office or the police depending on the severity for help.
#10 ~ A mobile phone is not only used for a communications device, its also used for... Storing/Accessing contact information, organizing with it's electronic agenda, taking everlasting photos or videos filled with wonderful memories, playing music when you need that special break, playing games when you need to kill some extra time, going online and surfing the web or doing research, and much more.
MOST OF ALL THEY SHOULD HAVE IT BECAUSE IT'S CHEAP, CONVENIENT AND CAN BE USED IN EMERGENCY