Where Phones in Class are Ok

This article is talking about whether or not teachers should allow their students to use their cell phones in class. To me there are two sides to choose from both good and bad. In one part of the article the author says that the more you get after the student the more they would rebel and use them. It is a distraction but then what if someone in class has an emergency and their phones are off then what will happen then. I think they should be allowed but be on silent and the students should have a contact that will automatically show emergency when the light goes off then show it to the teacher so they would be able to take it. If they were allowed maybe it will be better because it’s not going to help if they keep taking them away if they are going to get them back by the end of the day. At the same time they need to set rules and boundaries. It isn’t going to help if they don’t allow them because the student can always hide it. Having phones does have its bad factors to it. It is a distraction for the ones who do want to learn. Someone can be texting next to them and they are going to look and see what than person is doing instead of listening to an important part of a lecture. Then the ones who are using the phones it is their fault if they fail the class because they chose to text instead of paying attention. Cell phones are probably never going to go away it is just a invention you can’t get rid of just like the car it is always going to be there and they will keep getting better and more upgraded than today and students are just going to keep using them.

Should Schools Be Wired to the Internet

I don’t know if schools should be wired to the internet. Then again everything we look and research for we can always look it up on the computer. I think everyone should know about computers and get more involved with them because it would be something positive to do for our schools. Some of us are very fortunate to have computers so it is good for everyone to take advantage of them while they can. I think it is also going to help the economy because it’s going to be for a good cause that the schools will be using them and at the same time more companies can get money out of it. I also think that it is better to learn everything you can about the internet and computers at a young age especially for the younger kids who are still in elementary school so they would not have to take that many computer classes as they get older. It is better to know now than later. If the younger kids would have to take a computer class when they get older at least they would pass the class from learning what they did. I feel bad though for the poor countries who don’t even know what a computer is but then again we can’t just force them to start using computers some people prefer to use pen and pencil. Other updated schools such as the ones in Japan use more technology than what we do and in my opinion I think there smarter and it would be good if we use what they do that way we can know more except for the fact that they have school everyday for ten hours then that would suck. Al Gore is right everyone should be born with a mouse attached to their hand with the computer already in front of them.