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Imagine that there was a full class supposed to be listening and taking notes on presentations, but the majority of them are looking down in their desks not listening, and texting friends. If you were presenting how would you feel? First of all its rude, second it could make the presenter sad to know that know that no one was listening to their presentation. Some people think that cell phones should be allowed in classrooms because they can help the students work harder because they are having more technology. But this is actually the opposite with cell phones the student will get distracted and do bad things with cell phones, things that can mess up their grade. But There are some ups and downs with phones, but some of the ups, are you can use phones to share work with others, and you can also use cell phones to research on websites. But the downs are the students can …show more content…

I think that students should be banned at school because students can cheat on test, students could have too much screen time, and students might get distracted in class. First off, one reason cell phones should be banned from school is because students can cheat on tests. When students have a cell phone next to them they can get tempted to get on the internet during a test. For example, in the article Do Cell Phones Belong in Classrooms? The article says “An April 2010 study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project and the University of Michigan found that in schools that permitted students to have cell phones, 71 percent of students sent or received text messages on their cell phones in class. In the majority of schools those that allow students to have phones in school but not use them in the classrooms - the percentage was almost as high: 65%. Even in schools that ban cell phones entirely, the percentage

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