Cell Phones On Campus

Every second of everyday students on Cleveland State’s campus are being brainwashed by tiny, pocket-sized computers called cell phones. With headphones in and heads down into their bright screens, they are morphing into emotionless, unintelligent robots. While older generations could potentially argue the previous statement to be true, it is safe to say that it is an exaggeration. America has not yet turned its millennials into brainless robots; however, we can ask ourselves one important question: is America too reliant on cell phones? With the upcoming growth and variety of cell phones, America is undoubtedly too dependent on cell phones, and students at the college level can be used to exemplify this reliance. As a fresh adult entering college, owning a cell phone is a requirement. Although a cell phone is not specifically a prerequisite for admission, it is an item that is needed. The main source of communication between the university and a student is email; therefore, students have to be consistently checking and reloading their email accounts in order to stay on top of assignments and be on the same page with what is going on around them on campus. A computer seems as though it could be a potential solution to such an issue, but in reality, there is no way to constantly carry an open laptop around campus at all times and check important emails that come …show more content…
As previously mentioned, students are an ideal example of America’s reliance on such technology. College level students are inevitably pressed by universities to own their own cell phone which unquestionably increases the number of distractions for a student as well. America has not yet created mindless, unintelligent robots who are brainwashed by their phones, but our reliance on technology has pushed us to consider that exaggeration and ask ourselves one more question: how close are we to making this exaggeration become a