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Cell Phones Should Be Allowed in School

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Picture your parents working in the World Trade Center that the terrorists attacked on September 11th. You and your parents were worried about one another. You discover that you do not have a cell phone or any device to contact your parents. There won’t be any chance that you and your parents could contact each other. What would you do? How would you feel? It seems to me that if cell phones were allowed in schools, students could contact their parents easier and people could stay in touch. Therefore, cell phones should be allowed to be used in schools. For one, cell phones could provide students with academic help. According to Apple, about 1.5 million of their electronic devices are being used in classrooms. For example, students can …show more content…

You should talk to your assistant principal or dean about allowing cell phones in schools, maybe you could be the one that can change their point of view and help them realize that cell phones will change the whole face of education. Works Cited Akers, John. “Student Cell Phones Should be Prohibited in K-12 Schools.” Kentucky Center for School Safety. Web. 3 March. “An Apple product for every student.” Apple in Education. Web. 3 March. 2012. Andersen, Erin. “Cell Phones in School: Tools or Toys?” The (402) 411. Web. 3 March. 2012 Borkar, Rejuta. “Cell Phones in School Pros and Cons.” Buzzle.com. Web. 3 March 2012. Brock, Tori. :Phones may replace school books.” The Huntsville Item. 19 April 2012. Web. 20 April 2012. “Debate: Cell phones in schools.” Databatepedia. Web. 20 April 2012. Meador, Derrick. “Cell Phones in School: Embrace Them or Ban Them?” About.com. Web.3 March.

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