The Controversy Of Banning Cell Phones In Schools

Cellphone use time and time again has been thought by teachers and adults to affect the learning ability and it distracts them but does it? Cellphone should left up to the students and no one else because if there assignments don't get done then its on the student and not the instructor. Many believe that if you ban the phones in schools and in learning areas then the students will learn but there is no substantial evidence. An article written by Kevin Hart said “Many teachers say cell phones have officially replaced chewing gum as the new classroom menace(Hart).” Millions have addressed banning the cellphone use, in learning areas such as school and work areas. The reason for this would be because the teachers or instructor believe that

Students as well as teachers have a life as well, but what if your work call asking if you can come in earlier? What if your mom texts asking what you want dinner? What then? Does the school take care of any and every situation that happens because most teachers believe that if there is a major issue then that parent should call the school and deliver the message instead of the student checking his/her phone in class? In colleges they are much more lenient then a high school because if the student fails a college class then the professor knows why, its because he/she was on a electronic device. Students at a college took a survey to see what there cell phone use was and most of them used there cellphones all day in every part of the day. This doesn't mean these are bad students by any means, it just means that they use there cellular devices often for important reasons most likely. These college students that have taken this survey are passing the courses they are enrolled in because they want and need to pass in order to be successful and they know that. These students know when to get off there phones and focus but many still believe that phones are the “devil.” Many teachers now are looking into lesson plans that include the phone use for the better because whats better then a student who wants to learn? Teachers are making new

College students usually are passionate about what they are learning after getting out of high school because everything they learned in high school was forced upon them. Everyone in college chooses there career path and chooses what they want to learn in college. Students use there phone in class as a get away from learning and a relaxation from home stress or work stress. Teachers don't understand the levels on stress that an average student has because they have to try and be the perfect student for there parents and be the perfect worker for there work. Technology continues to grow and we seem to be in the middle of the technological revolution because over 80% of the population in The United States of American tend to use texting or some other form of chat system more than in person contact. This has benefited a lot though because we can be able to find out in an instant what is going on all around the world and still the teachers ad adults tend to think that cellphones and technology is the death of humanity. Many college students believe for the generations under them that it should be up to them to be on there cellphones because there are no studies that say cellphone use affect learning in schools. Many students actually believe that the reason they fail is because of other students in class not because of there phones. Many