Only Second to Breathing

"I don't want to see your cell phones on your desk; turn them off and put them out of sight." How many times have you heard that from your teachers? It's an absurd statement. Those electronic devices are an integral part of modern man's life.
Since we have been young, our elders have told us to be social. It's a way of life. We, as humans, need to stay connected to each other. In the past, people held social gatherings in order to catch up. This generation does the same however it is so inconvenient that one has to wait that time between gatherings. Cell phones provide us a way to connect much faster through texting. All one has to do it quickly type in a text and if it's during class you have to be secretive so as not to get caught. I do realize education is important and texting is distracting me from it. However, being able to text Taylor what I had heard from Poonam about Erik and then Taylor must text Rav so Rav can text Erik is much more important. That way Erik can know about the rumor that Poonam had heard of and end it quickly rather than more people finding out about it.
Not only that but these devices allow for class notes to fly by far more quickly. Though we all love sitting in Mr. Becker's calculus class writing down and solving enormous integration problems using various functions, it would be beneficial if we all pulled out our camera phones and took pictures of Mr. Becker solving the problems. That way we can text while the lesson is occurring and still pay attention when we take the picture and view it. It would allow more time to work through practice problems and we would be more inclined to use our own brains. This also makes it so we don't have to pay the twenty dollars for a workbook because our phones are now the workbook with all of the examples a click away.

Cell phones relieve some of the pressure that is imposed by our teachers. If you have the latest and greatest technology you would know that any question asked by your teacher can be answered by 'googling' on your phone. This way no student has to to go through the awkward pause when they don't know the answer to a question and it makes them feel smart. As well, making sure the cell phones stay in the class allows for less mental breakdowns when unable to remember the definitions to various words needed to know on an everyday basis.

It seems completely unpractical that teachers or the school board would feel the need to ban cell phones from the class. If the above did not win you over then you can think of it this way, if they're on their cell phones then they aren't talking in the middle of class. Some teachers get their peace and quiet.