Disadvantages Of Mobile Phones In School

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One thing about cellphones is that it’s taken everywhere, especially to school of course “EVERYWHERE”. Cell phones are the most important daily school supply for a student. Students have a tendency to use cellphones throughout the day, even at the most inconvenient time which is instructional time. Are you really listening and paying attention? Are you still passing? Does your teacher like or allow it? Is it beneficial for your education? Teachers say that cellphones ruin a student’s education. Cell phones are said to be a distraction for teachers while they are up teaching a lesson. 71 percent of students send or receive text messages on their cell phones in class. Schools that students have phones in school but not in classrooms had the percentages as high as 65 percent. Even the schools that ban cell phones entirely, the percentages were still indeed high at 58 percent. Some teachers prefer that cell phones should be a part of education because technology …show more content…

Cell phones are Distractions. You distract yourself and others that are around you from learning. Students constantly every single second are checking their devices, either the student is taking a selfie or texting and even maybe cheating. Cheating is the biggest fear of teachers. Cheating on a test is very dishonest and can result in some serious consequences. Students can also be using cellphones in an illegal way also. Illegal actions are such as; sexting, bullying through a text, pornography and or it could just be as simply as pictures of people without their permission. With those action it can make having students have cell phones be so scary and dangerous and can do harm. A school needs to be a safe environment for students to get an education and be successful in life. It’s all going to take trial and era to get to where there is less cellphones inside of the class rooms to make education in the lives of the students and teacher

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