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!

[eltriksodapop]

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!

im guessing you dont have a phone..haha..hating ace..anyways ever hear of silent..some schools [ mine for example ] dont allow kids to use the office phone useless sick..and office is closed after practice..so therefore cellphone useful

[Spirited Away]

im guessing you dont have a phone..haha..hating ace..anyways ever hear of silent..some schools [ mine for example ] dont allow kids to use the office phone useless sick..and office is closed after practice..so therefore cellphone useful

Then you both made a stupid guess. And &/degradanca, I thought we already went through this already. Read my whole argument before posting. This whole "silent mode" business got old, y'all.

I somehow doubt that your school office will refuse students borrowing phones. The school would have hell with the PTA. So, office is closed after practice, ever heard of pay phones? Oh wait, you kids are too cool, sooo much better than the rest of society to be caught using a pay phone, right? What if the hottest guy in school saw you using the pay phone!?!?!? AHHHH. The world will end right then and there! Then again, if you must call home every time after practice to get a ride, then the problem isn't getting a cell phone, kids, you all should be setting your parents straight for neglecting their children.

That, or get a friend.

Stupid/lazy parents is one problem, stupid/spoiled children is another.

I'll even do the work of re-posting my arguments. Have fun refuting.

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 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.