Telephone Essay

Gotta Share Description In the media piece, Gotta Share, the speaker, John Reynolds, was going to announce the release of a new social media platform, Twirlr. Reynolds requested the audience to turn off their cellular devices for the duration of this presentation, as he wanted their full attention. However, after his request, an audience member started to sing about the reasons why he could not turn off his phone. Soon after, other audience members joined him in singing about the reasons why…

It is often argued that cell phones should get banned from schools. To begin, students could get bullied because they are obese. They can get obese because they sit down all day on their phones, (Source 4). In this case, if some students are sitting on their phone all day they won’t necessarily get obese because there is no difference from sitting down all day on their cell phones than sitting in class doing work because they are still sitting down and they are still not exercising because they…

Children and Cell Phones In a recent discussion of Louis CK’s segment about why cell phones are bad, a controversial issue has been if cell phones are bad for children. Louis CK provides examples of children not learning empathy and people being distracted from their own feelings. On the one hand, some argue that cell phones are making children not develop empathy and that children are spending too much time looking at screens distracting them from their feelings. On the other hand, others such…

Did you know that the average person spends four years of their lives looking at their phones? The average lifespan of a person is only 78.8 years- how many years do you want students at North to waste looking at their screens instead of learning and broadening their skills? The administration at North Eugene High School is proposing to ban the use of cell phones from 7:30 to 3:15. I believe that North Eugene should ban the use of cell phones because they are distracting, problematic in…

Schools all across the United States have a strict “no phone” policy. Although they say having a cell phone in school can be disturbing, it can also be useful. A cellphone can be used as a resource on certain assignments and can be very helpful. Yes, students tend to want to text during class, but it may be an emergency or for something urgent for another class. Cell phones can be used as a resource for certain things. For instance, if the student needs help to understand something for a…

Did you know that 92% of U.S. Teens go online daily. Of this group, 24% stated they are online constantly, while 56% stated they are online several times a day. If kids are on their cell phones this much , should they be allowed to use them in school? Students should be allowed to use cell phones in the classroom. One reason students should be allowed to use cell phones is because of the school and personal emergencies. In the beginning of my 8th grade school year, the students had to…

How Cell Phones Have Changed Us Socially? Cellular phones have caused many changes in social interaction today. They are the most common thing people have in their hands instead of a book. Even the youngest generation has access to cellphones. Young people use their cell phones differently than older adults. “Most people use cellular phones for texting, checking emails, searching the web, taking pictures, tweeting, snapchatting, and face-booking” (Ira Hyman Ph. D 2014). The expectation for…

Why Elementary-Aged Students Should Not Have Cell Phones Today, many young children in the US have or use phones. Some are smartphones, while others may be older technology such as flip phones or brick phones. No matter what type of phone they have, elementary-aged children should not be allowed to have them because they are harmful to their mental, emotional, and physical health, and they simply do not need one. Cell phones are harmful to the mental health of elementary-aged children. Writers…

Suppose a student was in school and the student was being laughed at while other students were looking at their phones, and how many times students should've learned information they didn’t. Are cell phones the reason students might be failing classes or all of a sudden getting good grades? By looking at the distractions, cell phones create, the increased possibility of students cheating, and the presence of social media in school, it is clear cell phones should not be allowed in school. In…

There has been a big issue in schools across the country, and it involves cell phones. Teachers across the country are having trouble with controlling their students’ cell phone usage in class. Students say they will get on a dictionary or a useful tool, but end up on snapchat or instagram. I have done that exact thing and I know i’m not the only one that does it either. Even though cell phones in class are a lot of fun, schools shouldn’t allow them during class. When students are allowed to use…