Why Are Phones Such A Big Deal In School For Students?

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Why are phones such a big deal in school for students? Being a student in high school, phones are important to me and my classmates. In this generation -teenagers mostly- phones are with everyone, everywhere they go, even school. Most adults about 60 and up don’t really understand that they are needed. Mainly because they lived life before smart phones and they got by.
There should be no phone policy in schools. There are many important advantages to having a phone at school, such as having an emergency at home and people are trying to contact you. Even during a class you should be able to call or text your family to see how they are doing and if they’re okay. Another important reason is that there can be an emergency at school where you would

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