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!

[Spirited Away]

Cellphones in high school should be a no-no. Try going to class and sit through a lecture with 10 different phones with 10 different ringtones going off (not at once). BIG ANNOYANCE and distraction.

It's ridiculous that kids think their world will end without cellphones in school. Yea, they have cheerleading, sports practice... blah blah... they need rides... blah blah... What did we older kids do without cellphones? We suck it up and use the office phone!

[doork]

Cellphones in high school should be a no-no. Try going to class and sit through a lecture with 10 different phones with 10 different ringtones going off (not at once). BIG ANNOYANCE and distraction.

It's ridiculous that kids think their world will end without cellphones in school. Yea, they have cheerleading, sports practice... blah blah... they need rides... blah blah... What did we older kids do without cellphones? We suck it up and use the office phone!

Thats why theres a silent mode?

Not all kids thinks their world will end without their cellphones.
And plus, if we have a cellphone why not use it? I know forsure the school doesnt want 100-1000 kids to stand in line waiting to use the office phones.

Well how they do it at my school is during before school, passing periods, lunch time, and after school is when we can have cell phones out, but not during class because everyone could like text message each other answers on test and quizzes and such. & it doesn't seem to be a problem, so I think that's just what they should do at every school.

Thats how they do it at my school too.. and it isn`t THAT much of a problem either..

[Spirited Away]

Thats why theres a silent mode?

Not all kids thinks their world will end without their cellphones.
And plus, if we have a cellphone why not use it? I know forsure the school doesnt want 100-1000 kids to stand in line waiting to use the office phones.
Thats how they do it at my school too.. and it isn`t THAT much of a problem either..

Excuse me, but I hope you don't think I'm new to the whole cell phone business. I've been attending college for the last 4 years where the use of cell phones is as routine as blinking. It is also where the Silent Mode is forgotten HALF the time. In fact, mine has gone off in class no less than three times last semester on accident. You may think, three times is nothing, but imagine a room from 20-250 people with cells that would ring on average of three times each semester. That drives our professors nutty, and I don't blame them. Yesterday, my friend's phone rang in our class of 16 folks while we're in conference mode for project approval. That was not only embarrassing, but totally disruptive and she knows it.

You may want to read previous posts, please, before getting " " with me. There have been people in this very thread that said they're unsure of what to do in an emergency without cellphones, which in my mind is the most ridiculous, and at the same time frightful way of thinking.

Now then, I've also said that I've used the bus all four years of high school; that's both the regular and the late bus, mind you. I depended on the office phone a lot, but I have never, ever seen 100-1000 kids use the office phone. Even when there was really bad weather there were about 7-11 of kids in the office. This is a nonsensical assumption. Please think of a realistic scenerio.

Oh, and I love that "we have cell phones so why not use them [in school]" bit. I have 2 MP3 players, why not use them [in school]? I can watch movies on my laptop, why not watch movies [in class]? Yea? Oh, oh, my sophomore cousin just got one of those small DVD players, why not let him watch anime [in school]? One of my project partners has porn on his laptop, why not watch it in class?

I hope you see where the logic of "I have it, so I can use it" fail.

i think the whole metal detectors, iPod+cellphone banning thing is going a little bit overboard. if classroom enviornment disturbance is the issue, kids should be made to turn their phones/iPods off or be made to turn it in to the teacher if it goes off during class.
what if someone got hurt and people needed to call for ambulance? or if their parents desperately need to call them because an emergency happened @ home, e.g somebody got hurt, the mom is giving birth.

on the flip side, metal detectors can be a wise installment not for the getting rid of cellphones/iPods part but for preventing school violence involving knives, guns, etc.

I thought I already cover the "what if's" pretty extensively already. You kids sure lack faith in your school's authority figures, I don't see why though as they are more trained to handle emergencies than most students can ever be. Somebody got hurt at home, shouldn't they call another adult instead of a kid? Also, my Mom has passed a message to me at school before. Guess how she did it? She dialled the school's number on wired phone and spoke to the operator. Bam, next period I got a note. Oh, and my Mom doesn't even speak English that well.

... people, it doesn't take a rocket scientist, just common sense. Tell me you kids still have common sense.

[alysaphobia]

Excuse me, but I hope you don't think I'm new to the whole cell phone business. I've been attending college for the last 4 years where the use of cell phones is as routine as blinking. It is also where the Silent Mode is forgotten HALF the time. In fact, mine has gone off in class no less than three times last semester on accident. You may think, three times is nothing, but imagine a room from 20-250 people with cells that would ring on average of three times each semester. That drives our professors nutty, and I don't blame them. Yesterday, my friend's phone rang in our class of 16 folks while we're in conference mode for project approval. That was not only embarrassing, but totally disruptive and she knows it.

if people have common sense at all, it's pretty easy enough to press a few buttons and get the phone on silent mode, yeah?