Comments on: Current Event #5: Online Debate

By: aaron m

aaron m — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:00:51 +0000

I think that cell phones should be banned on school grounds because they increase the urge to cheat. For instance if you’re up all night playing a new video game that is out instead of studying; then you should be left to fail on your own not be given the opportunity to cheat via cell phone and get a free ride. If we let this continue then the message we are telling people is if you cheat you get rewarded. That is why we should crack down on cell phones and start telling people that there are no free rides.

By: Eric B

Eric B — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:39:59 +0000

I think that the school should not band cell phones. My reasons are that kids who have after school activities such as football, basketball and ect. will need to contact there parents. Also now kids can get home safely because they can call their parents if they miss their bus. If there is a emergency that is happening to the school than the kids can call their parents. I also think that if they ban cell phones kids may try to sneak them into school anyway. The last thing is that cell phones are a privelage, and if kids missuse them they are going to get in alot of trouble.

By: Casey S.

Casey S. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:17:47 +0000

I think the school board SHOULD NOT ban cell phones. My reasons for taking this position are as follows: First, kids who have after school activities (such as football or basketball) will need to be able to contact their parents so the kid can get picked up. This way, kids will be able to be safe and out of harms way from any strangers, all because of a call from their cell phone.
Another reason is not text messaging, but as an emergency use. For example, during the September 11 attack, there were tons of school districts in New York City that had a “no cell phone use” policy. Because of that policy, many kids had no cell phones. Well during the attack, many people were rushing to nearby public phones so they can call their family members and tell them they had to get picked up, are leaving early from work, etc. Unfortunately, the kids in the school districts were in jeopardy because they had no one to call. This put many students’ parents in worry.
I know that there are some kids brave enough to take their cell phones to classes. And there are kids who are even braver enough to have their cell phones on during classes. Let me just say that those kids have no common sense. Besides, only a handful of kids do that (I hope). My final statement about cell phones is: that cell phone use is a privilege, and kids who misuse cell phones are the ones that shouldn’t have them period.