Francine Prose

After the First World War, America entered into a golden age during the 1920s. With soldiers’ successes in war, women felt more confident to push for social change because the country was economically and politically stable (Yalom). Following years of women’s protests for change, the United States Congress and President Woodrow Wilson finally passed the nineteenth amendment in 1919. With the right to vote, more women began to work outside of the home in factories (Dumenil 112). Women’s new role in the workforce challenged the traditional belief that women should stay at home to raise their families. However, it was still difficult for women to join the workforce and few women had professional careers despite their level of education (Dumenil

With increased concerns about school safety due to widely publicized school violence, schools, responding to demands of concerned parents and educators, have implemented heightened security measures. School surveillance remains relatively unregulated by the government, meaning that spying technology can be instated without notifying parents or students and is largely left to the discretion and oversight of administration. This has peaked concerns of students and their families who argue unregulated surveillance is unnecessary, too invasive and harmful to educational environments. Elaborating on the extent of harms surveillance can cause in school environments, Melinda Anderson argues in her Atlantic article “When School Feels Like Prison” surveillance

In the article “Mother Hens Cluck: Cell Phones Support Learning” the issue if of course, cell phones, the argument? Should cell phones be allowed on campus/school grounds. Overall, their claim is that cell phones should be allowed on campus/school grounds. Thus, here is some reasoning and evidence… to begin, they made a point by saying that every student has the right to access a simple tool to help with projects, homework, and many more things. Another example is how it could help them keep track of time, make them more organized,

The parents of New York students versus Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have been a frustrating case. The Mayor decided to place a ban on cell phones at New York City Public Schools. (Monahan, Rachel, and Ben Chapman. “Mayor Bloomberg insists on school cell phone bans while parents demand ban lift for communication.” Nydailynews, Daily News, 16 July 2011. Accessed 10 May 2017). According to Bloomberg if there is an emergency then the staff can handle it. (Adams, Nordette. “Chicken Vs. Fish: NYC Student Cell Phone Ban and Mayor Bloomberg.” Sheknows, Sheknows, 2007. Accessed 11 May 2017). Bloomberg believe that students are just going to cheat on test. On the other and parents find it as a safety hazard. Parents have no way to contact the student

In the article “Lift the Cell Phone Ban” Rapp (2009) concludes schools use cellphones as a learning tool because they have reminders and Bluetooth, and because students are already using cellphones, and corporations have funding. Even though some schools have a no cell phone policy, some find cell phones beneficial for educational purposes in and out of school. For example, the alarms and reminders help students remember their work. The teacher did a test splitting her children into groups and had them record themselves while doing a lit circles activity. They then sent their work to her through Bluetooth and as a result she found a helpful tool for . The American teachers feared cellphones in the classroom because they believe they don’t

Southerners are known to be proud of their traditional beliefs. To Kill A Mockingbird allows its readers to question and consider those beliefs. Maycomb represents a typical old southern town. Not many people move into Maycomb and not many people who live there journey beyond its boundaries. As a result, the opinions held by many of the citizens of Maycomb are left to grow and foster in the same families for many generations. The circumstances in Maycomb are less than ideal for generating change and more prone to sustaining traditionally accepted codes. Two codes embedded within southern social beliefs are class and race.

“Cell phones are owned by 91% of American adults, and now they’re becoming a disruption” (Ballaro et al). Cell phones are now trying to get their way around schools. There is some controversy between school officials and children about bringing their phone to school or not. Parents are also a part of the debate. School officials are even becoming a little peevish when students have them out during class. No one has ever thought that this would have become a big issue with schools around the world. Schools have mandated a ban for no cell phones. Using cell phones now has brought on many more disadvantages than advantages. It’s superfluous that children should have cell phones in school. Children can take pictures when they’re not supposed to, can distract kids while they’re learning or from learning, and can make the school unsafe for everyone when there is an emergency while using cell phones in school.

"Schools embrace cell phone use." Leader-Telegram [Eau Claire, WI], 1 May 2011. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A255124528/OVIC?u=lom_accessmich&xid=d37232f4. Accessed 25 Apr.

There are several things in common we have in this class, aside from the achieved status we are pursuing with higher-learning education. One of the most common denominators is our cell phone. It is imbedded deep in our material culture, we now take this artifact, once a symbol for social status, for granted. This device has enter our social structure in more ways than it was intended originally. We have all misplaced small property before; expensive sunglasses, a watch, jewelry, our wallet and yes, the most dreaded of all… our cell phone. Nothing else we own is more personal, with more information about us, our friends, and our conversation in text, than this electronic artifact. We don’t memorize phone numbers anymore, so we may not even

The next topic of discussion is cell phones in classrooms. The article being summarized is entitled The Only Thing We Have to Fear is…120 Characters. In this article, Kevin Thomas and Christy McGee (2012) make arguments for the use of cellphones in classrooms in spite of the fact that 69% have banned them. This paper responds to the many reasons for disallowing their use, and then it goes on to highlight some ideas about why cell phones should be used as educational tools. Both sides of the discussion certainly make valid points.

Horrifying lists of text book is wasting a time of student in school, Francine Prose complained about teaching standers in today’s school and college. Recently, I read prose article “I Know Why The Caged Bird Cannot Read”, Where she is arguing on a effectiveness of any texts book that are highly available in schools and college. In her article, she said that future generation in in danger. The way of teaching and available text book are leading the future of today’s kids towards doom. It seems difficult to find out that school student is learning literature because this generations school children are unknown about real text book; real literature. It makes her shock that society is admiring Montel Williams and Ricki Lake instead of Dante and

Picture this, there has been a school lockdown, the suspect cut the landlines so no one could call the police for a rescue. However, the suspect was captured by the police much faster than he imagined. The last scene wouldn’t have happened if it was one decade ago, because cell phones were not popular in schools then. When it comes to cell phones, some people think they should not be permitted in schools, and other people think they should be permitted in schools. I agree with the latter opinion for the following reasons: Cell phones are an efficient way to communicate when emergencies occur in school; cell phones can be a great tool for learning during school hours; and the current prohibitive rules on cell phones are merely fruitless

The increase of school shootings and threats has encouraged parents to allow their children to carry cell phones to school. Cell phones have successfully been

phones can be such a threat to schools and kids that some people would feel that their life is in

In today’s society, smart phones are a part of a student’s average, everyday life. No matter what people are doing, they find time to look at their phone and make a call, read a text, check e-mails, or search something on Google. Even though people find so many uses for them throughout the day, they are a controversial subject to talk about in their use in the classroom. Many schools have policies strictly prohibiting the use of smart phones in school. For schools to ban the use of smart phones is a major mistake. They only look at cell phones as a distraction to students, and don’t understand that this generation is dependent on the technologies of today. What educators need to do is ask themselves