Leeban Ali March 28, 2012 As a student who attends high school I believe that cell phones should not be allowed during school hours! Also most of the students have it out and texting during class. Cell phones are becoming more and more of a disruption to the learning progress of students. This will have major affect on them in the long run because when it comes to tests and exams they won’t know what to do. People say that students can use their phones for emergencies at school but they can just make a phone call in the office.
Teachers do not get mad about cell phones in class because they are mean, or don’t want students to socialize, but they do it for students benefit. They are trying to prepare students for the future and the lives we will go on to live after high school. If we don’t learn what we are supposed to during our high school years we will not be prepared for the advanced knowledge college or university offers us. After high school no one is going to tell us we aren’t allowed to use phones in class, but it is out loss if we don’t learn what we are supposed to. Teachers are only trying to prepare us for the real world.
Some teachers have a strict no cell phone policy. There are many reasons for this; one of them is teachers believe that cell phones are a major distraction during class. They believe there is a time for technology and while they are lecturing is not one of those times. Another con is not all students can afford a cell phone. It would be unfair for teachers to use cell phones most of the time because not all students have that ability.
Dear Steve Hanson: I acknowledge that you have asked the school board to permit cell phone use by students during lunch,studyhall,and before school. As a student _______, I disagree with the use of cell phones during the school day at all.I reject this proposal for many reasons.This is due to the fact of the non-beneficial use,the effect they have on social skills,and the increase in cyber bullying they could cause. Cell phones could be used during school in non - beneficial ways.For example, excessive texting during school would not benefit the students academically.Students playing games, could take their focus off of school work, and what they recently learned.Social media could be used and engage students in things happening outside of school.Texting,games,and social media do not benefit students during school. Cell phones could cause a social problem. They are anti-social electronics.Students will sit around on their phones and not cominicate with the people around them.If students are always on their phones, they would not be as good at communicating with others.Social skills are an important aspect of life.Being social at school is important for friendships and life skills in general.
Moreover, the author claims that although children usually use abbreviations, they seldom use it in their exams. The reason is children do not want to get low marks because of these abbreviations. Dite claims that texting is harm to English literacy. He believes that texting makes children use abbreviation in homework and exams as a habit. As a result, children could fail their exam or could not find a job in the future.
If someone really needs to use their phone for whatever reason that they can go out in the hallway outside of the classroom even for texting. It’s really annoying when people are texting and you have to listen to them typing on the keyboard and giggling or even getting angry through the text. If they happen to be getting upset or happy they might be shifting in their seat and making a lot of noise which in turn will distract people in class even more (Insley). It is also upsetting that a lot of people don’t understand that some of their classmates have learning disabilities and that they might not speak up about it bothering and distracting them (Insley). Cell phones are a huge disruption in many of my classes because it
Everywhere you look you see children texting on their cell phones. Abbreviations and shorthand language are the ways the vast majority of teenagers communicate with family and friends. There are some who would say texting leads to a decline in language and grammar skills. Others believe texting can improve a child’s grammar, reading, and writing skills. Texting hinders students from learning proper writing skills, communication/ social skills and literacy.
Talking develops relationships instead of improving educational performance. This takes time from the lesson and puts the class behind. This is not fair to the other students that are making legitimate efforts to learn. Because the student was talking, everyone has to wait and lose potential learning time. Therefore, talking does not only affect the one who was talking but also everyone else in the class.
Visual Learners are usually shy, and don’t enjoy getting too much attention, nor being in front of a crowd. For example, in high school I never wanted to have class discussions that I would have to explain something to the class. I was in fear of being judged or talked about. Another characteristic is that they use color and pictures in place of text. In conclusion, visual learners use images, pictures, colors and other visual media to help them learn Advanogy.com (2012).
The bad thing about that is the fact that if teens and preteens start handling cell phones, which they already do, they begin to text more often. This starts another problem. We send our children to school to be able to teach them how to read, write, spell and think. School is basically another way of saying we are sending our children off to a building with adults who can teach them how to think in an advanced, more complex way. They learn and memorize methods and build their way of thinking; however, texting interrupts the simple aspects of learning how to spell.