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*surprised gasp* Everyone thinks the same way! However, I'll try to disprove Hex's arguments.
It is true that many more things are possible today than many years ago. However, here we should ask ourselves: Do we want to live a life completely dependent on cell phones and computers? It isn't necessary – just having a real dictionary would have been the height of luxury at a different time in history. Moreover, as I pointed out before, a real dictionary has no adverse effects, while the things students are likely to be looking at on their phones (social media) have negative and addictive effects.
A life spent looking at a screen is neither healthy, fulfilling, or enjoyable. Compared to the joy of hiking in the woods, going to a good old party with friends and family who care about you, or just watching a sunset, it's just a shadow of life. (We all realized this during the pandemic, when talking to our loved ones on Zoom was the only option and still is for many. Although better than nothing, Zoom was unlike seeing people in person.) Because of this, it is important to encourage young people to put down their phones and live the wonderful life waiting for them… socializing, playing, and doing the thousands of fascinating things that can be found to do. It might even reduce depression, anxiety, and social awkwardness to give them a true community and life, and would certainly be worth a try. Taking into account the fact that they can easily learn any digital skills they may need at home, rather than school, we see that it is more important to teach them how to live in real life than to encourage them to sit around in front of a screen.
Enforcing a ban in schools would be quite simple. It would be easy enough to ask students to leave their phones at home, and then if a teacher sees a student using a cell phone, merely take the phone away for the remainder of the school day. Furthermore, if students spend their day at school studying and socializing face-to-face, they are likely to focus more on their studies and friends, and be less unhappy (and thus less eager to defy rules). The communication problem is easily solved as well – if a student's parents need to be contacted, they can be called using a school telephone.
Another reason is that students will see a lot of horrible stuff if
allowed to roam freely on the internet (violence, pornography, for
instance) which is perfectly dreadful, especially for younger students
and is another excellent reason for banning cell phones. There is no
need for them to see these things, and it is better if they never do.
Protecting young people from it should be a prime concern today, and it
can be partially addressed by keeping them off the internet when not
under adult supervision. For al these reasons, cell phones should be banned in schools.-
Oookay. I think that phones should be banned during class, obviously. (A certain teacher of mine doesn't agree though, so his class is a madhouse) But there's a big difference between watching inappropriate things during lunch and checking in with worried parents. Also, banning phones during lunch would be very hard to do. Some parents, like mine, give their kids regulated phones where you can't do bad things on your phone. If not, the parents will probably instill values in their kids that teach them not to look at bad things on their phones.
Thanks for reading my rant.
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There's no reason kids should be on their phone during lunch. And, the regulated phones don't work. Every control setting you could possibly install is very easy to bypass.
And, the instilling values thing? I'm sorry but- HAH YEAH RIGHT
My classmate has been able to watch something uh A LIL SILLY GOOFY THATS NOT CB SAFE since she was very young, and I see toddlers with their own phones and even online accounts, scrolling through whatever people dump there. And as for kids whose parents did try to instill those values, then especially at our age that means nothing, and the parents really cannot stop them if they dont tell what theyve been doing. You have no idea what people are looking at during class. Its actually rather traumatizing
Even with regulated phiones that you don't try to bypass they're very addictive, not good for your health, it cuts off your connection with the world and people around you, etc. etc.
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@ Tsuki: I think you're a kindred spirit! 🙂 I couldn't agree more with what you said.
@Avara: Yes, phones are useful for communication, but there's no reason for parents to be checking on you while you're at school – it's just "helicopter parenting", and is just stressful for kids, aside from keeping them from feeling independent and mature. IF something does happen to you, which is pretty unlikely, I think your school should be able to call your parents using a telephone.
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Has anyone debated wether or not Bedrock or Java is better yet? Cause if not I will be arguing For Java.
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