Why Do Cell Phones In School Should Be Aloud

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magine being in your classroom and on your phone without getting in trouble. If we were aloud to have in school it could help a lot. Also if we have our phones in school it could help save our lives during some major event that is happening. Phone should be aloud to be in school because we might need them for communication, help in an emergency, and to use them as a learning aid.

The first thing is phones should be aloud in school because we might need them for communication. In the article cell phones aloud in school - 5 reasons for allowing them or (https://www.useoftechnology.com/cell-phones-allowed-in-school/). They say this “Teachers can simply use mass texting services like Remind101 to communicate with students and parents.” It also says this “Then students can use Twitter to stay in touch with their classmates and exchange academic information.” This can help kids like they said in the article talk to each other and the teacher talk to them because maybe they had a assignment due the next day but they aren’t at school so the teacher can message them at their house or they can remind them during lunch that they have something before they get to their classroom.
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In the article cell phones aloud in school - 5 reasons for allowing them or the same link in from the body paragraph above. They say this “Nowadays, schools get closed because of various reasons, sometimes they’re natural disasters or gunshots which have become so common in most American schools.” This evidence shows that if kids have their phones on them they can call their parent or the cops whenever something bad happens to them when they are at school. It could also help kids that may of had an accident or forgot to get something from their house and they could call their parent to help them for what problem

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