Should Cell Phones be Allowed in School Essay

to know that you are able to drive yourself to school, to meet friends, or to work. Unfortunately, According to AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, between the years 1995 to 2004, there were about thirty-one thousand teenagers’ ages fifteen to seventeen years-old that were involved in fatal accidents. One-third of those accidents killed teen drivers and the other two-thirds killed the passengers or other vehicles. I believe the teen driving age should be raised because teenagers don’t have much…

roughly 303 million people own cell phones and more than 800,000 vehicles are being driven by someone using a mobile device. Teenage texting while driving is a major public policy issue in the United States and creates unsafe conditions on the roads. In the AAA’s Foundation for Traffic Safety’s study, electronics use is the leading cause of teenage distracted driving. Every state has different laws regarding cell phone usage while driving, but in Illinois, hand-held phone use is banned for all…

As the newly appointed superintendent of the school system, I would like to thank everyone for attending this town hall meeting, your warm welcomes and making me feel at home. Today’s topic will be, “The future of Technology in the County Schools.” As the newly appointed superintendent I know that my responsibilities for this school district will include hiring the best teachers, firing teachers that’s not fulfilling their obligations, calculating every school’s budget and bringing fresh new…

Cell Phones Are Severely Affecting Our Lives Portable devices such as smartphones, tablets, or iPods cause tons of problems in modern day society. Social media judges my generation harshly and it makes people feel bad about themselves. It also gives us problems in our lives, like fighting with friends, giving us distractions, and/or causing health problems. Think about it, when you go to bed, do you play around on your phone until you fall asleep? Admit it, you have done this more than once. It…

Essay #3 Cell phones are an everyday device. “The number of student- and teacher-owned devices has grown over 3,000” (Schachter 28). These devices can be a blessing and a curse but are extremely helpful and convenient. Many students have a working and functional cell phone. Information is streamed to people as fast as the server will allow, and fast is an understatement. “High school, middle school, and even elementary school students in a growing number of districts are being encouraged to…

High School students use technology as an excuse to avoid many things; if schools have stricter policies of when and where technology is able to be used or educate students how to avoid the distraction of technology, this problem will disappear over time. The brilliant invention of technology had become harmful to the public due to its degrading and violent media, as well as the many distractions in the classroom and road. The issue of social avoidance is mainly due to the undemanding and…

the map of the smart phone to find a certain destination. Smartphones are no longer just used for calling or texting. The phones open a wide spread of availability where teachers in schools can ask their students to use their smartphones to look up a vocabulary word, take a photo of an assignment written on a board, or text themselves a homework reminder. There is already sixty two percent of schools (k-12), around the United States of America, that allow smart phones on school…

“The first cell phone was 10 inches long, 2.5 pounds and was referred to as “the brick”(Young, R) ”. Since 1973 cell phones have gone through a total transformation. Cellular devices are no longer just made for communication purposes. They now have built in navigation systems, texting, cameras and apps for just about…

the most recent in a long line of family leaders (or rather, supreme leaders), Kim Jong-un. His portraits, along with the portraits of his late father and grandfather (also former supreme leaders), are everywhere: in city squares, over benches, in schools, in businesses, grocery stores, and even personal bedrooms. This country’s citizens worship these leaders, although many of the citizens themselves live in brainwashed famine and misery. This is a world parallel to the one in George Orwell’s…

too long begun to advance, cell phones surfaced in the 1940s and computers were making way in the market around the 1970s. These devices allowed way for easier communication over time; people no longer need to call an individual to make plans or to exchange ideas. Today cell phones, tablets and computers are essential to the majority individuals in society. According to Dr. Dale from Psychology today, 56% of Americans own a cell phone and 20% claim to use their cell phones while sexually…