Cell Phones In Schools Research Paper

Nowadays, young people love being on technology, whether it’s on the computer, a tablet or a cellphone, no matter where they are at, even if it’s in the classroom. This has become a problem for many teachers and professors in our education system because these young people are on their devices, mainly on their cell phones in classrooms across America.
Why is this a problem? Well to begin with, it is disrespectful to the teacher or professor. Imagine you are a math teacher, teaching a bunch of 11th graders. You are trying to explain how to solve a certain problem then you look at your class only to see all of their head are pointed downwards and you see a little glow on their face, which is coming from their phones. They are not pay attention to you as you are trying to help them learn. How would you feel? Would you not care that they are not listening to you? Would shrug it off and say “too bad?” Of course you wouldn’t! You would most likely feel disrespected, seeing all of your students, paying attention to whatever’s on their phones and not to you, the teacher. Disrespecting knowledgeable people such as professors or teachers is truly unappreciable. Hell, disrespecting anyone is …show more content…
Texts can be sent quietly and discreetly while in the classroom. A student can pretend to have to go to the bathroom, only to use that time to send text messages and leave voice mails to his or her classmates, in fact, I’m actually guilty of doing that. Also since most kids and teens have smartphones, they have access to the internet where they can lookup answers to questions they don’t know the answer for. The possibilities for cheating is basically limitless when kids and teens have access to cellphones or any device in the