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Cell Phones Should Not Be Allowed In School

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Cell phones usage is significantly increased in today's world. But in some parts, it should be limited. So, we should use phones in the proper places. Beside this, we have to know that where should we use it or where should we prevent to use cell phones. Specifically, cell phones in the school should not be allowed. Because it can cause lower grades, destruction, and Cyberbullying. First, students, who are using cell phones in their classes they cannot study well because they are busy with their phones every single moment. So, their grades will be lower. However, this kind of students may sit physically in the class but they might be busy with their phones. So, they cannot catch up properly from teachers or professors daily class lectures and if they don’t catch up properly from class lectures they may have many problems in their studies. As an example, in the article “5 Benefits of Using Cellphones in School: Smartphones Learning Tools” Team states “While critics will cite the opportunity for cheating.”(3) As it stated above if cell phones allowed in the class it can be a good opportunity for students to use their phones for cheating. Beside, to study hard they will try to find the websites to cheat from it for their finals. But, if they do not find the opportunity for cheating. So, they can not do properly on their exams and they will probably get lower grades or maybe fail on their finals. Second, use of cell phones in the class can cause destruction for teachers’ lecture and students. Because if a student uses his/her phone for texting, gaming, and other social activities it can destruct the teacher's lecture. As an example, in the article “Why Phones Don’t Belong in School” Freed states “Allowing phones into the schools would be the most damaging to low-achieving and low-income students, exacerbating any existing learning inequalities.” (1). As it is mentioned above if students keep on continue using their phones in the class they may lose their money and also harm their future plans because students who are busy on their phones they cannot pay attention properly to the lectures in the class. So, if students do not pay attention to the lectures properly on regular classes they cannot do well on their

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