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Why You Shouldn T Use Cell Phones In Class

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William Larsen Mrs.Bauch Speech 13 May 2016 How many of you like to use your cell phones in class. Today I am going to tell you why you shouldn?t use them in class. From research I have learned that not using cell phones in class, is really beneficial. Cell phones are distracting, so if you don?t use them, you are more focused on learning. When we use cell phones in class we become distracted by other things, and are not trying to focus on learning. One way to solve this problem, such as a cell phone ban. If we put a cell phone ban into place, we would be more focused on what we are learning, and less on where one of our friends is eating at, or what they are doing at that moment. Cell phones being used in classrooms, is a problem because when teenagers use their phones they are try to multitask or trying to switch back and forth. The problems with these are that when a teenager uses his/her phones they can?t think deeply into what they are learning and they could possibly lose where they were at while on their phones, which results in a poor grades (Schoenberg). We all should care, because smartphones slow down our learning. Some students just don?t care about their grades, because they constantly think they are missing out on something (Airhart). …show more content…

Things will get better, because students won?t have their cell phones to distract them from doing their work. This will keep students from losing an hour of productivity a week (LaCasse). Since cell phone bans have been put into place, test scores have improved dramatically (LaCasse). This plan is better than what we have now because we can get the lower quartile of a class, to move up and be able to learn as well as the rest of their class (Airhart). Test scores in schools have improved by an average of 6.4 % because of the use of cell phone bans. So now that we have looked at how thing could improve, let?s look at how it will affect our

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