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Cood mornlng l'm !ames Cavln speaklng for Lhe CpposlLlon Leam on Lhe sub[ecL LhaL cell phones should
be allowed ln schools
Cell phones are a huge dlsLracLlon ln school klds wlll ofLen LexL call and send plcLures durlng
Lhe class perlod as a soluLlon Lo boredom uld you know LhaL over 70 of Leens use Lhelr phones durlng
class? 8ecause of Lhls klds are noL able Lo obLaln Lhe rlghL amounL of educaLlon Lhey need ln order Lo
succeed Cell phones are one of Lhe reasons why many klds are noL succeedlng ln school Slnce 2004 Lhe
percenLage of Leens who own cell phones has gone up from 43 ln 2004 Lo over 80 Loday! 1haL ls
almosL all Lhe Leens ln Lhe world Cell phones dlsLracL and dlsrupL class because klds mlsuse Lhem by
LexLlng oLhers durlng class and Laklng and sendlng plcLures 23 of Leen's LexLs durlng Lhe week are senL
ouL durlng school Cell phones shouldn'L be allowed ln schools because Lhey dlsrupL class and open Lhe
doors Lo cheaLlng on LesLs Lhrough LexLlng 33 of sLudenLs admlL Lo uslng Lhelr phones Lo cheaL on
LesLs by LexLlng oLhers and looklng up answers on Lhe lnLerneL 1he number wlll conLlnue Lo cllmb up as
cell phones geL more popular among Leens lf we don'L do someLhlng abouL lL Lhls wlll conLlnue Lo be a
blg deal ln every school across Lhe naLlon
8rlnglng cell phones Lo school creaLes Lhe opporLunlLy Lo bully and harass oLher klds A plcLure
Laken ln Lhe locker room or baLhroom can be clrculaLed around Lhe school by phone ln a maLLer of
mlnuLes 8y allowlng sLudenLs Lo brlng phones Lo school we are lnvlLlng bullylng lnLo our school
envlronmenL 1hls can harm oLher klds and can cause some blg problems for schools and school
sysLems 8ullylng ls already a blg problem for schools and lf we conLlnue Lo allow Lhe klds Lo brlng
phones Lo school bullylng wlll escalade lnLo a huge predlcamenL We are usherlng ln a new age of
bullylng by phones and neLworklng and lL ls growlng fasLer Lhan we can sLop lL unless we sLop klds from
brlnglng cell phones Lo school 8y dolng Lhls we can save klds dlgnlLy and maybe even Lhelr llfe We can
sLop Lhls klnd of bullylng early on and help oLhers ln Lhe process
ln concluslon school ls a place Lo learn and dlscover knowledge lf we allow Lhe sLudenLs Lo
brlng phones Lo school we are dlsrupLlng Lhls learnlng envlronmenL and klds wlll noL geL Lhe proper
educaLlon Lhey need 1he sLudenLs wlll conLlnue Lo abuse Lhelr phones and use Lhem ln school and class
8ecause of Lhese reasons and many more we should ban cell phones ln schools

*lf roposlLlon Leam asks Pow would you sLop klds from brlnglng and uslng cell phones l school?" we
say LhaL we can lnsLall slgnal [ammlng devlces Lo [am slgnals so sLudenLs couldn'L use Lhelr cell phones