Allowing Cell Phones In School

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In the pockets of most students attending high school today, there can be found a unique gadget called a cellphone; it has access to all the information mankind has to offer and more including various forms of social networking and communication. Cellphones first came about in the 1980’s as large heavy objects that had an antenna and could only make calls. Since then cellphones have steadily advanced. This feat can undeniably be considered a marvel of modern society. Cellphones are tools that are used for efficiency of everyday life as well as convenience, although these tools seem to be a helpful aid in productivity, evidence backing such claims could not be found without faults. With the popular emergence of cellphones with internet capabilities and large amounts of digital space, educational opportunities seem to be at a peak and with these advantages in education also come disadvantages which could pose a risk for academic fallacy and also a number of scandalous activities.
Cellphones can be used to aid in studying; they could provide much needed assistance during a midnight study session in which a student may need to remember massive amounts of information for an upcoming test. A cellphone which can be used to help a student study can also be used to help a student cheat very easily since the correct information can be saved on the phone, or it can also be located very easily on the internet. Although many schools have placed a campus-wide ban on cellphones, students have the skills necessary to surreptitiously use them to their advantage. A case such as this has been documented in New York where a group of seventy students participated in the sharing of text messages that included photos of test pages. In Long Island, s...

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...le they know or strangers." According to the study, 49 percent of US adults use their cellphones to send or receive sexually graphic materials via video, photo, e-mail, or messaging. It must be discouraged in any way possible. Discouragement of sexting can be implemented in classes already present in high school, such as sexual education and psychology.
In conclusion, cellphones must be banned, or at least highly monitored in schools and on school campus. Cheating is very wrong and illegal, and in response to growing cheating scandals, cellphone searches should be made mandatory for every high school student. Cyber bullying reports must be taken more seriously and thoroughly investigated. Sexting must be discouraged and should not be tolerated. Is the allowance of cellphones at school worth the risk of endangering the well-being of high school students?

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