Defending:
Schools, under high schools, should have the right to ban cell phone use during the school days because of less concentration, less physical communication, and less patience. Cell phone is the easiest access item of distraction from learning in a class. Since cell phone is small and able to play without any noise, students would use for unrelated subject in a class. Especially if you are not interested in a subject, you want to avoid listening a lecture and do something else instead. Then, cell phone is the best item for you. You might play games while you are listening a lecture. Also it might be a way of cheating on a test. If schools would allow students to use cell phone without any limited rule, they have no way to protect …show more content…
Cell phone is a necessary tool of education as a note, a photo, and a voice recorder of a lecture. Cell phone is not the only distracting item on campus. It’s the part of education. I use cell phone in class as a translator since English is my second language. Other student use it as their notes because they prefer to carry a cell phone instead of carrying a separate note for each class. When you don’t have enough time to take a note, you can take a picture. Also as a voice recorder, it helps a learning because you can listen as many as you want at home later.
Cell phone is necessary for emergency. In the U.S., we have to face a lot of dangerous situation, and we need to protect ourselves. Cell phone is the one important item for protecting yourself. In last month, three rapes were reported by university students in Berkeley. When I heard the news, I was very afraid of walking outside by myself at night. I asked my friend how she participates herself for avoiding to be a target, and she said “I always pretend I am talking to someone by cell phone.” Sometimes we don’t have a choice walking by ourselves at night. As a woman, I know I would have higher risk than men to be a target for a rapist. Even on campuses, school securities can’t protect students from all crimes. There are possibility that crimes
Schools, under high schools, should have the right to ban cell phone use during the school days because of less concentration, less physical communication, and less patience. Cell phone is the easiest access item of distraction from learning in a class. Since cell phone is small and able to play without any noise, students would use for unrelated subject in a class. Especially if you are not interested in a subject, you want to avoid listening a lecture and do something else instead. Then, cell phone is the best item for you. You might play games while you are listening a lecture. Also it might be a way of cheating on a test. If schools would allow students to use cell phone without any limited rule, they have no way to protect …show more content…
Cell phone is a necessary tool of education as a note, a photo, and a voice recorder of a lecture. Cell phone is not the only distracting item on campus. It’s the part of education. I use cell phone in class as a translator since English is my second language. Other student use it as their notes because they prefer to carry a cell phone instead of carrying a separate note for each class. When you don’t have enough time to take a note, you can take a picture. Also as a voice recorder, it helps a learning because you can listen as many as you want at home later.
Cell phone is necessary for emergency. In the U.S., we have to face a lot of dangerous situation, and we need to protect ourselves. Cell phone is the one important item for protecting yourself. In last month, three rapes were reported by university students in Berkeley. When I heard the news, I was very afraid of walking outside by myself at night. I asked my friend how she participates herself for avoiding to be a target, and she said “I always pretend I am talking to someone by cell phone.” Sometimes we don’t have a choice walking by ourselves at night. As a woman, I know I would have higher risk than men to be a target for a rapist. Even on campuses, school securities can’t protect students from all crimes. There are possibility that crimes