Cell Phones in Classroom (Good or Bad??):-
A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a hand
phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link
whilst moving around a wide geographic area. Nowadays, everyone might have
their own phone no matter how old they are. Some even bring their phone to
school regularly. However, as a principal I feel that having cell phones in
classroom is not suitable for us and it can only causes negative impact through us.
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Roles of a School Principal:-
First of all, as a principal I strongly feel that bringing cell phone to school
can destroy our school image.
A child may have an old phone, those who dont
have one may get ridiculed. Some student might quarrel with each other due to
comparison of their phone. As the global is getting more develop, many kind of
phone such as smart phone becoming more famous. This causes some of the
student stole their friends’ smart phone due to their jealousy. So it is not
necessary for a student to bring their phone to school.
Next, bringing cell phone to school might helping Students Cheat Cell
phones can facilitate cheating on tests, quizzes, in-class essays and other
assignments. For example, students in a class may silently text each other the
answers. Students whose phones have Internet access may look up answers on
the Internet. Students may also use the calculator function on their cell phone to
compute math problems or may store information as a "cheat sheet" in their
phone.
Opponents of cell phones in schools contend that cell phones create a
distraction in the classroom. Students may text their friends, play games orbrowse the Internet instead of paying attention in class. In addition, cell phones
that ring or vibrate in class disturb everyone. Cell phones in school may
therefore hinder student learning. This causes student can’t pay fully attention
during teachers’ teaching and couldn’t pass their examination with flying colors.
As a conclusion, schools must find ways to balance the pros and cons of
cell phones in the classroom and avoid allowing students to bring mobile
phones to school. Discipline action must be taken to those who bring mobile
phones to school.
Parent comment about cell phone in school:
Nowadays, almost every student has a handphone. In my opinion, handphones are bad
for children. If they want to study hard, they shouldn’t bring handphones to school.
Here are some reasons why students should not be allowed to bring handphones to
school.
Firstly, students will not concentrate on their studies if they have their handphones
with them. The will play with their handphones during class. They will not
concentrate on their work because they will be holding their handphones in their
hands. Their eyes may be looking at the book but their fingers will be busy pressing
the buttons on the handphones. They won’t study as they only want to play with their
handphones. Morever, the handphones may ring in class and interrupt a lesson. This
can happen if students forget to switch their phones off. If the phone rings, the teacher
will get angry and may confiscate the phone. When I was in Middle School,
someone’s phone rang very loudly during Korean class. I was reading a book and my
phone was switched off but it sounded as if the ringing came from me. The teacher
called me and took the phone from my pocket. I felt that it was so unfair! To avoid
situations like this, students should not bring their handphones to school.
Secondly, if students lose their handphones, there will no way to recover them. They
may drop their handphones while they are running around. If they drop their phones,
it will be very difficult to find the handphones again. They probably won’t remember
where they lost their phone or someone might have taken the phone. If there is no
witness or evidence, it will be almost impossible to get their handphones back. In this
case, we can only blame the owner of the phone for bringing it to school. Once, when
I was seven years old, I lost my handphone in school. It was my father’s phone so he
was very angry. I had taken the phone with me to play games in school. While playing,
I fell asleep and when I woke up, the phone was gone. Nobody knew where it had
gone so I was punished by my father. Thus, students should not be allowed to bring
handphones to school because they might lose them.
Thirdly, some students cannot afford to buy handphones so it may cause jealousy
amongst friends. Those who cannot afford handphones may become envious of those
who have expensive handphones. They will start to harass their parents for
handphones. They will be embarrassed about being poor, especially if their richer
friends start teasing them about not having the money to buy a handphone. It will be
difficult for these poor children to have a good relationship with their friends. For
example, one of my friends, who didn’t have a handphone, had a poor relationship
with his friends. He really wanted to buy a handphone so he stole some money from
his mother’s wallet and bought a phone. One day, his mother found out about it so he
was severely punished. Therefore, allowing students to bring handphones to school
can cause many problems.
In conclusion, I think students should not be allowed to bring handphones to school
because they will not concentrate on their studies, they might lose their phones and it
might cause jealousy amongst those who cannot afford handphones. It is better to
forget about the phone and concentrate on studying in school. Students do not need
handphones to lead happy lives!
Roles of an English Teacher:-
Should cell phones be allowed in school? I would have to disagree them
to bring cell phone in classroom because it may start a lot of problems, like
students text messaging each other, or calling people in the middle of a lesson
just to goof around. It is dangerous to let student bring high-technology tools to
school. They will use it in the wrong way.
First, some of the students already may not pay attention in the class
teachers are teaching. If let them bring cell phones, they sure cannot pay
attention during the lessons. They will use cell phones to play games, online or
send message to each other. The worst conditions are they will even send
message to those who are listening to the teachers. These kind of behavior
already disturb the hard-working students
Furthermore, they will use cell phones to cheat during the exam. The
meaning of exam is let students know what they gain from what they have learn.
There is a word-wrong is never mind, at least we try. Knowing our weakness can make us improve ourselves. The person who lies in the exam will lie in their
whole life and that is not the purpose of exam.
In addition, a mobile phone which used by teenagers nowadays are
usually worth over $100 and not every family can afford to buy one for their
children. Some of the students whose came from wealthy family may took they
luxury cell phones to school and show off to their friend. This will make them
jealous and stole his phone or ruined it.
When the phone lost, there will a lot of quarreling among the students.
In my conclusion, we can still live on without a cell phone. With all this
said I don't see any reason to allow students bring cell phones to school. School
will be safer and peace if students did not bring cell phones to school.
Teachers comment about cell phone in school:
As a teacher in high school, my view is cell phone are not allowed in school. In class student objective is pay attention to what teachers teaching in front, if cell phone appear in class, its a distraction to the student who using them and the other student around them, and its also very disrespectful to the teacher who most likely dosn't get paid enough,to teach us things that we need to know for later in life.
Besides that, the class will be uncontrollable, text messagging during class,taking and sending inapproprate picture of student such action will increase the burden of teachers.Those fact causes the teaching and learning process unsuccessful. The purpose of coming to school become meaningless.Futhermore, the students will seize the opportunity to cheating in their exam if cell phone allowed in class.They could text a friend to ask for answer or Google search for answer but not be aware of the teachers.Moreover, if cell phone allowed in school, its will causes student to commit crime.Stolen case will happening around the school, its giving additional task to the teacher to sloving the problem and afftect the performance of teacher to teaching.
In short, cell phone should be banned in school so that students have a better enviroment to study and gain knowledge as much as possible to face the competitive globalized world.
By Th'ng Soon Chien
Ong Seong Thye
THOR Kean Lee
Richard Ng Wei Zheng
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