Should cell phones be allowed in School?

By Rochele Ward

THESIS

• No, Because it causes distractions, grades to drop, and attitude problems, cell phones should not be allowed in school.

Causes Distractions

• When the teacher is teaching a lesson and someone’s phone goes off it is a classroom distraction.

Grades To Drop

• When they become bored with class, students take their cell phones out and play games, etc.

Attitude Problems

• The teacher can ask for his/her phone and a student can make a smart comment.

• There are numerous arguments against allowing cell phones in school.

• Affects their concentration on studies and thereby the overall learning process.

• The teacher might lose his/her link of teaching and that will be a major disadvantage for the class.

• Schools, on the other hand, claim not only that cell phone use interferes with students' concentration, but also that cell phones can contribute to cheating which, according to studies, is on the rise in schools nationwide.

• There have been students that called up the school authorities and lied about bomb threats just to avoid attending lectures.