Should Cell Phones Be Allowed in School?

Cell phones may be a very useful tool in school because they contain multiple uses including a camera, a messaging system, a calculator, and even a web browser on some models. This may sound like a good suggestion to have one in school, but allowing cell phones in school is not a good idea. Many students will abuse their cell phones abilities like texting in class which will distract the student and prevent the student from learning. Therefore, cell phones should not be allowed in school because it will lure the student to use it and it will cause many problems for the student and the teacher. Many students own a phone that has the ability to message or text another. This is problem because many students tend to abuse this ability. They might text a friend in class or during a test. A friend of mine, Kenny was texting his other friend, Joshua during a math exam because Kenny did not know the answer to a question. Getting an answer right on a test might be appealing, but the truth is that you don’t know the answer. Not only did Kenny not get the right answer, he also got caught by his math teacher. Both Kenny and Joshua were sent to the dean’s office and their parents got notified. Just for using having a cell phone in school may tempt the student to use it, and in this example, get in trouble and also Other than texting, another reason that cell phones should not be allowed in school is that cell phones are prone to be stolen by another student. Andrew, another friend of mine put his phone in his schoolbag during gym and left the schoolbag in the locker room. When he went to get his schoolbag after gym, he discovered that his cell phone was missing. He looked around for it hoping that it was on the ground but could not find it. He told his gym teacher, but his gym teacher told Andrew that he couldn’t help him. Finding the thief took a lot of time and trouble, but in the end he found out who it was. Although Andrew got his phone back, many people are not as