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Sarvjot Aulakh
Mr. Lemieux
English 10 Period 1
08 September 2016
The Prison of Cell Phones
“Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our
lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine
something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on
the cell phone”(Spielberg) (brain quote)This quotation states that the cell phones become our best
friend, but they also make our whole life busy or full of stress and this changes the whole story of life.
Their is huge problem and increasing one of students are taking the cell phones in school .They are
creating many problems in classes by taking cell phones they are distracting their friends by chatting and
by calling in their phones ,and in exam they are taking photos of question paper and passing to their
friend which is totally bad for their future. “Some would argue that cellphones make excellent learning
tools and should be used in innovative ways for our digital natives to make learning relevant” (quest
garden), but it could lead to distraction, cheating on exam and create lot of problems for the students.
Cell phones create too many distractions. Many of the students have cell phones in these new
world.Many of the students were doing chatting with their friends which is leading to distraction during
their class . This thing cames part of the students daily life.Phones are useful in emergency not for any
other usage like chatting and calling to their friends in twitter,snapchat,instagram etc; . There is much
chances in schools that someone’s phone rings during class and it lead to distraction and put away from
the teacher’s teaching and forget about the topic what they are doing in . This is harmful effect for
students study.This things are disturbing other students which are doing study . This is also difficult for
the teacher to ask the questions from the distractors and they are not giving the answers. Cellphone
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should not allowed in classes because they would lead to decrease in knowledge of students study, also
it would make difficult to the student to concentrate on their studies and they are not getting good
grades in their subject in which they are studying for.
Cell phones create too many cheating cases . All the cellphones have the whatsapp ,facebook
,twitter and snapchat, and students are doing chatting with their friends without caughted by another
person .With the built in cameras on most every cell phone. The opportunities for cheating aggressive
increase. Take a example of written exam. The teacher looks away for a moment and doing his/her work
1 or 2 students take a photo of the exam and share their exam with others friends . If students want to
cheat in test they can do so. If the teacher accept to take cellphones in school this process can lead to
cheating on tests and if they are caught by doing cheating they can got in trouble by the school teachers
and they can suspend them from school or rusticate for whole year and for their future this will make
problems for them and they don’t able to find the job. Cell phones are also creating many problems for
students and they can go in trouble by taking the phone in class during the exam. Some of the students
are using the cellphones for their study related problem in exams which is illegal part of the school and
they cannot get success in future by doing this things , which would not generate their social skills and
talking skills which are very important in life for their jobs, for their childs and for their parents to have
the good life which they gaves to the student by taking care of his/her needs.All env. No the acceptable
condition of the cell phone should not be agreed by teacher because the other electronics device is used
for doing studies like chromebook or laptops and they can use it in best way when they are not using
cellphones.
Cell phones lead to Cyberbullying. In the 21st century everyone has cell phones. For the good
thinking for their future or they will pass at good grades the students cellphones need to be banned to
bring in classes . Many bad persons sending more messages to smaller compare to his age.They don’t
know with whom they are talking to or chatting too. One of my friends name lenny. She is studying in 7
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grade with me. She is very nice girl. She got first position in her class and their parents promised her to
gift him new phone so as a promise they gift the phone to her. She is very happy by getting the new
phone. She made his new id in facebook. The facebook friend of her is started messaging him in
messenger. She also started messaging him. He started bullying to my friend and he is using very bad
language with him she didn’t reply his messages. He continuing bullying him. Once she told me that one
boy is bullying me and i said who is he. She said that he makes the fake id and bullying me and she was
feared about the incident happen with him. She started telling the each things he messaged to him and i
was so shocked that this is happening by taking the phone in our hand and from that day i suggested
him that to give the phone to her parents and not take it before completing your study. So the persons
are not looking for whom they are talking now a days the people are bullying to each others in
commenting for their post in facebook or in other chatting apps, but if we are good we don’t want to
take the phone till our study is not completed.
CONCLUSION: Finally the conclusion is that, cell phones only create distractions in students
and teachers. If the phone creating noise in class by its sound , it changes whole environment in the
room. The teachers are completely focusing on students study, not for looking at the students if there
phone is ringing. It also create noise in class between students, teacher have to reproof the student
which distracts his/her class. Some students agreeing in majority that cellphones should be allowed on
school campus in case of emergency things like ( being lost from school campus any other reason like
feeling not well) .There are phones available in most classrooms and in the school's office they can call
and take help from the office if they needed it and can call their parents. The majority of schools
students agree that cell phones should not be accepted in school in every area. They don’t have any
instruction for the costly things they are broughting to school. If the device get losted in any situation,
their device can be stolen or they can make trouble for other students and wasting the time for studies
of their ownself and for their classmates which is not good for their future. Their will be rule that if they
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brought cell phones next time in classes the students will consequences of the action and the student
will get into trouble by breaking the rule of school and he/she can rusticated from school by bringing
phone during the test. “ When you become comfortable with uncertainty Infinite possibilities open up in
your life” ( Tolle)(quotes wave.com). At last the student should allowed phone during school in break
but not in class because it can be decrease to the grade of the students and not well prepared for the
future.
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Works Cited
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Wyhe, Christi Van. "Should Cell Phones Be Allowed In the Classroom?" : Introduction. Christi Van Wyhe, 28
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