I feel that this article was unbiased, but it was really annoying to read. I hate when people shorten words. To be honest, it doesn't matter what W-O does with its off and away policy because no one follows it. Out of the kids in this class, I'm guessing all of them that have cell phones have them on vibrate and in their pockets.
If you took comm tech this year with Mrs Mitch, you would get the opposite of the off and away policy: you HAVE to put your phone on the desk, it must be on silent, and you can check all of your incoming texts at all times, but can only reply when it is an appropriate time. This actually bothers me more then the off and away policy. It's weird to me to not have my phone in my pocket, and I'm not comfortable with having it on the desk. I don't find that my phone is a distraction. I can control my texting, and don't do it twenty four seven. If you're fingers never leave your cell phone, you have a problem and should go see a therapist. The majority of kids DON'T text that often and it doesn't affect their studies at all.
I also feel that this is a situation like the one of the calculator. Students see the many uses of our cell phones, and the many things that we can accomplish with them that our parents couldn't necessarily do when they were our age in school. Some people feel that cell phones are teaching us to not use our brains, like what they thought about the calculator. But what they don't understand is the many things that it could do, and now calculators have evolved the way that we do math, and entirely changed how the course is taught. There was controversy with the calculator, and with computers, so it's no surprise that people jumped on cell phones, but people need to honestly stop freaking out and realize it's a digital age, and that's not changing.
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