The Effect Of Cell Phones On Teenager 's Lives

Texting has fast become the preferred form of communication for young adults; however, students need to be dissuaded from texting during class because of the result in loss of valuable class time, lack of effective communication skills, and consistent use of improper English leading to a negative impact on students’ learning.

One of the major problems in the world today is the dependency that teenagers have on their cell phones. The majority of people depend on their cell phones for everything that they do. They feel like they have to constantly check it to look at what is new on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. They forget to focus on the world around them and become absorbed in the online world. Some suffer from panic attacks if they don’t have their phone with them. They might not need their phone, but they have to have it with them.

In the article “Teen Texting Soars; Will Social Skills Suffer?” by Jennifer Ludden, emphasizes “58 percent of student with mobile phones say they’ve sent a text message during class”. Teens doesn’t focus in class because they are sending messages while they are in the middle of class. At the same time teens are distracted in other way by using electronics and listening to their teacher or doing work. In the article “No, Kids CAN’T study while they’re texting: Research finds teenagers struggle with multitasking” by Jenny Awford, Daily Mail, points out “85 percent of young people struggle to perform simple tasks when distracted by music, phones or email.” Research shows that teens are having hard time concentrating in single piece of work given to them.

Cell phones, also referred to as mobile phones are a certain type of wireless handheld devices that users use for various communication activities such as calling, messaging and also browsing. Cell phones are usually easily portable as they are wireless and possess inbuilt antennas (Ravichandran). The earliest commerce generations of cell phones can be traced back in 1973 and were capable of communicating using radio frequency. However, over the decades, the cell phones have undergone several changes in both the technology and shape. Today, cell phones have become an integral part of our society. With the technological advancements, the modern cell phones do have several features which are captivating to teens. For instance, besides calls and texting, they do have good quality cameras, game applications as well as internet connections among other features. Therefore, this paper discusses both the positive and negative effects of cell phones to teens.

The article “How To Get Students To Stop Using Their Cellphones In Class”, written by Anya Kamenetz. covers the idea that several students’ own cellphones. In general, when they are awake, they approximatively use them eight to 10 hours a day and check them an average of every 15 to 20 minutes. Afterward, a professor at the University of Colorado conclude after observation that the use of the cellphone in a class period causes of distraction, lower level of sleep and lower grade. Another group of professor come up with the same notification that more than 75 percent of undergrads reported texting while in class, and that in-class texting has a negative impact on their grade. In order to help the students to understand

People have cell phones everywhere, especially teenagers. Teenagers are glued to their cell phones; they need cell phones almost everywhere they go. Today teens are depending on their phones for everything. The number of cell phones users has increased and as of 2010, there were more than 303 million subscribers in the U.S., according to the cellular companies (Hanna). As a result of teenagers over using cell phones, teens are being impacted emotionally, socially, and physically.

With most all modern day smartphones being small enough to fit into someone’s pocket, students can easily sneak instant messaging into the classroom, distracting them from the teacher. On average, eighty two percent of twelve to fifteen year olds and forty nine percent of eight to eleven year olds have a cell (Plester, Wood, Bell 137). The adolescents mainly used their phones for texting. When talking to friends, they seem to ignore punctuation and capitalization concepts while texting (Cingel and Sundar 306). A study was setup in which participants were placed in a normal classroom setting so that the experimenters could gather data on the effects of cell phone use on the classroom experience. In a survey taken before the study, participants expected to lose thirty percent on an assessment if they were texting, and surprisingly enough they did perform very closely to what they had predicted. Students agreed on the survey using phones are distracting, but that they continue to use cell phones in class (Chacon et. al 323). Students also predicted that they would score better if they were not texting (Chacon et. al

One problem with cell phones in today’s society is that they have become major distractions. Cell phones are distracting employees in the workplace and are leaving them with their jobs halfway done. Everywhere in the business industries, the employees are hard at work re-tweeting and catching up on the latest newsfeed rather than managing their time more wisely. Not only are cell phones a distraction in the workplace, they are also a distraction and disruptive in school districts, causing students’ attention to be elsewhere. Many students would rather text in the middle of class instead of pay attention to what the teacher is reviewing. In this case, students do not gain the amount of education provided for them. In addition to cell phones being distracting, people often like to multi-task by walking or driving while texting. These things cause them to be unaware of their surroundings. Texting while driving has become a major issue because texting and driving can lead to car crashes which are often fatal. On the other hand, texting and walking isn’t too bad, but can cause a little bit of embarrassment. There are stories of people walking into walls and bumping into people or tripping over a table because their nose seems to be stuck in their phone. To some, being on their cell phone is more important than grades, clients, and others around them.

Did you know that about 12% of the students in a classroom are either texting, emailing, or checking social media? Students are more distracted than ever before with the use of phones and laptops. Students spend about a fifth of their time in class on their devices that have nothing related with their school work. Students do not pay attention, complete school work, and retain information.

Maybe parents feed to the child’s necessity of the reliance of cellular phones. They are the ones who provide and pay for them as well. It may not be that adolescents are stuck to technology on their own they do not just suddenly appear with a cellular phone. It is given to them just because. Adolescents have grown to have an unhealthy dependence to their cellular phones and technology itself. If they do not have their cellular phones by their side or it gets lost or even turned off, the teenager feels as they have lost their lives, and the connection to the world itself. Technology has become the life line of many people. There are advertisements all over, on television with those catchy jingles or the commercials with hi-tech phones that can practically do anything with a click and now touch of a button. People walk around streets and there is someone walking with the latest phone. It makes a person want to get a phone maybe just as a fashion trend because everyone has one, “why shouldn’t I” people might think to themselves.

Teenagers who use their cellphones very often will have their academic progress negatively affected due to being distracted. It is not a rare occurrence for teenagers to have their phones with them while they are in class, but that is mainly because many of them do not realize the impact it is having on their grades. Researchers, Christian M. End, Shaye Worthman, Mary Bridget Matthews, and Katharina Wetterau at Xavier University did a study about the impact of

Teenagers must consider the importance of being concentrated when studying. Otherwise, we won’t be able to learn in a good way. Things are done in a better way if we do them each at a time. Most of the effects of cellphone messaging on teenagers may be negative due to the fact that they’re used just to chat and gossip and not for important stuff, as used by adults. When a teacher is giving a new class, we may be distracted by a text massage. If we don’t pay attention, more probably, we’ll get a low grade on the next quiz. But that does not only represents a bad grade, but an emptiness in the student’s memory because he might have lost or misunderstood a concept that may be important to comprehend further theories or themes. Text messaging may also become a vice, and anyone could even become an addict. Some teenagers

In school majority of the students use their cell phones in class and they don’t pay attention to the subject their working.Many fail classes because students are too busy texting or on facebook. It’s really sad how technology can change studying and how grades go down. Students in Middle School use cell phones very often that they don't even pay attention to their teachers lecturing. Students even make new friends by facebook that they forget their real friends. Students think texting is something important to do but really it seems just a waste of time.Students should spend more time in paying attention in school of being texting or on facebook.Parents should not be buying their kids cell phones because its bad for their studying.They should have phones till they are in high school not middle school because they don't know how to handle it and in high

Due to the internet is convenient and cell phones can connect with the internet, teenagers can not live without their cellphone and it has lots of

With all the advancements in technology taking place there has been a lot of good that has come with it. Modern medicine, automobiles, and the cell phone which allows people to connect instantly. However with all the good things that have come with technology, there have also been bad things as well. One such thing would be cyberbullying and the addiction of smartphones. Smartphones have affected adolescents in ways previously not thought possible, such as causing poor social skills, addiction, and being used to cyberbully. Adolescents must be educated about the responsibility that comes with owning a smartphone. Smartphones should not be given to kids until they reach high school, because