cellphones, should bloomberg ban the use of cell phone in school? Options

[anheuser]

free free to post here my answer: of course no!


bloomberg is creating sumting stupid. well he's trying to put metal detectors in midle and highschools. he's doing this so it can prevent use from bringing yur cellphones in school well isnt that a wrong thing to do like for example if there wuz an emergency wut would happen and if wanted to call yur parent what would u call them with so ... i just need a minute of yur time and just type in yes or no and u can and maybe type in sum feed bac about wut u think about it.. thxs for all your time all cb users!

[DrNick311]

My school (Stuyvesant HS) has been one of the schools that has come under the microscope here. We've had a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in place for a while. You're warned to keep electronic devices away and turned off during the day, whether you keep it on you or in your locker. Some teachers these days will still give warnings, but for the most part, a lot of teachers will take a cell phone away if it goes off in class, no questions asked. Then, there is a three-day waiting period before the student can have the phone back (if the student wants it back earlier, a parent has to come to the school to pick it up.) That policy has been working so far (although I still see the one or two people texting in class). Many schools, such as mine, don't have the gang/violence/weapons/drug problems that a lot of the other city schools have, so we shouldn't be forced to turn our school into a prison. From what I've seen, safety and security is the number one objective for the whole random searches/scanning policy, and I fail to see the threat posed by cell phones and iPods.