Originally posted by xXx_DoN_CoRLeOnE_xXx:
[quote]Originally posted by plawrence:
[b] What exactly is the problem with students having cell phones in school as long as they don't use them during class? 
I don't understand why this should even be an issue.
Its an issue because kids
do use them in school, and many use them during class.
It wouldn't be an issue if kids weren't using them in class. But they are. [/b][/quote]So then the appropriate solution, it would seem to me, is to prohibit students from using them while in class, as I said before.
Prohibiting a student from
having a cell phone in his possession is overkill.
Suppose a kid likes to read, so he carries a paperback novel with him to and from school to read on the bus and during his lunch period.
If he takes the book out and begins reading it during one of his classes, that's wrong and he should be reprimanded or punished or whatever.
But that doesn't mean that
all students should be prohibited from carrying non-school related books with them to read on their own time, does it?
