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?

[Spirited Away]

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?

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How is it that you can't read the words "forgotten" and "accident" even when one of them is bolded? But hey, if you think common sense is the same thing as accidents and forgetfulness... more power to you, I suppose . I would suggest you learn what common sense really means though.

And James, you're a rebel. I know it. The world knows it, too. We could careless what you do.

[alysaphobia]

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How is it that you can't read the words "forgotten" and "accident" even when one of them is bolded? But hey, if you think common sense is the same thing as accidents and forgetfulness... more power to you, I suppose . I would suggest you learn what common sense really means though.

It's actually quite simple to turn a phone into silent mode, and I assume if you're capable enough to get into college, you should be able to do it by yourself.


Even middle schoolers remember to put their phone on silent as they enter class. I'm just thinking it might be a bit sad if by the time you get to college, "forgetting"/"accidents" still occur enough to disrupt the class.

[Spirited Away]

It's actually quite simple to turn a phone into silent mode, and I assume if you're capable enough to get into college, you should be able to do it by yourself.
Even middle schoolers remember to put their phone on silent as they enter class. I'm just thinking it might be a bit sad if by the time you get to college, "forgetting"/"accidents" still occur enough to disrupt the class.

Yes, we college folks are rather forgetful, after all, we only have more responsibilities than the groups that you're comparing us to. It's alright if you don't know the differences between college, high school, and middle school yet, but I expect you'd understand oneday, hopefully.

Haha, middle schoolers "remember" to put their phones on silent. Do you have stats or something prove that those kids have never gotten their phones taken away due to it ringing in class or disrupt class? I'd like to see it. This debate wouldn't be a debate at all if you kids actually know/"remember" to put it on silent. The fact is you all don't, and you forgot the bit that instigated this whole controversy, didn't you.

Hey, at least I'm honest about my world and my peers . If only you can do the same.


Oh, I forgot about you, James. I have a funny story for you, but you may consider it hearsay. The first day of my Service Management class my professor took 30 minutes telling us why phones must be turned off during presentations... She said just last semester, one girl forgot to turn her phone off and didn't turn it on silent either. Guess what? It went off during her presentation and she couldn't get to it until she finished.

Yes. It happens.

[alysaphobia]

Haha, middle schoolers "remember" to put their phones on silent. Do you have stats or something prove that those kids have never gotten their phones taken away due to it ringing in class or disrupt class? I'd like to see it. This debate wouldn't be a debate at all if you kids actually know/"remember" to put it on silent. The fact is you all don't, and you forgot the bit that instigated this whole controversy, didn't you.

Actually, "remember" should be unquoted there because people really do remember to keep their phones on silent. I'm in high school now, and we've been in school for a month; out of all 8 classes I have, only one person's phone has gone off during any of my classes once. Nobody's phone has ever gotten taken away yet. It's a pretty isolated issue here. I guess if we can keep our phones from disrupting class more effectively, "us kids" must have some common sense after all. Hmm.

So you use college as the reason why you guys can't remember to turn your phones on silent. Are you the type of person who's phone goes off during the middle of a movie in the theatre too? Personally I think when you grow older, you should get more responsible too, and pressing a few buttons to get a phone to switch to silent mode isn't that big a challenge anyways.

[Spirited Away]

Actually, "remember" should be unquoted there because people really do remember to keep their phones on silent. I'm in high school now, and we've been in school for a month; out of all 8 classes I have, only one person's phone has gone off during any of my classes once. It's a pretty isolated issue here.

So you use college as the reason why you guys can't remember to turn your phones on silent. Are you the type of person who's phone goes off during the middle of a movie in the theatre too? Personally I think when you grow older, you should get more responsible too, and pressing a few buttons to get a phone to switch to silent mode isn't that big a challenge anyways.

There's another person above you who proved otherwise (rawr SOCK), that kids don't remember at times. Your school's "isolated" problem doesn't account for all.

No, I don't use college as the reason why we forget, just that we forget and that because of our forgetfulness, phones DO go off in class. I told you, or someone, that my phone is now on silent all the time, but yes, my phone went off in the middle of the movies before, so have many others. And again, I'm simply being honest.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but when you grow older, you are still prone to forgetfulness. That stuff just doesn't go away. Being forgetful and doing things on accident sometimes doesn't equate to irresponsibility. Where do you get that? Also, you do realize that adults phone go on in the theatres, too, right? Your faith in adults being able shed forgetfulness is commendable... but naive.

I guess if we can keep our phones from disrupting class more effectively, "us kids" must have some common sense after all. Hmm.

You edited, so I'm editing. "Common sense" was not to tickle your hostile bone. It was to stress that the world is not going to end when there's an emergency and kids don't have a cell phone. Common sense and a little work can solve problems just as effectively. Please don't read/quote me out of context to be spiteful.
And as for kids being able keep their phones from disrupting class, again, some honest kids just proved otherwise.