Chloe Underwood
Andrea Miller
Composition 1
December 12, 2017
Arguing a Position: Phones in Schools
Phones have been around since 1876. They were not as popular as they are now but nowadays everyone has one. Parents started giving their children them at age 6. In school students are surrounded by technology from phone to tablet and even computers. Almost 70 percent of schools in the world register iPad instead of textbooks because it’s easier. This was a long time ago but into 010 a study showed 65 percent of students teens bring their phones to school this essay is about why students should not be allowed to bring school and why.
Distractions are getting worse and worse as the time goes on especially in schools. No students …show more content…
Cheating reaches everyone, either they have done it or they know someone who’s done it or they’ve heard about someone doing it. 51 percent of high school students have admitted they have cheated on a test or on some type of school paper. Phones have made it so much easier to cheat in school because people take pictures of it or their friends send a picture of the homework to them or even the tests. In a survey 2013, 71 percent of students say that they have taken a picture or copy off of another student homework.Students don’t learn anything by cheating. They aren’t going to pass the class or get into college or be able to pass college if they cheat. Cheating has became a big deal in the last couple of years because it is so easy for students to cheat because they have their phones in school. Public schools are one of the worst things when it comes to discipline on cheating or having their phones out or just in general discipline. A student can cheat on a test and get only one day of in school …show more content…
Distraction nowadays are very very common when it comes to cell phones in school. Bullying is just so much easier nowadays that people take advantage of other people because they are weaker or even smarter than them. No matter what, cheating is always wrong. There are many different reasons that phones aren’t a good idea in school but these are just some of the reasons.
Works Cited
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“Cell Phones at School: Should They Be Allowed?” FamilyEducation, www.familyeducation.com/life/kids-cell-phones/cell-phones-school-should-they-be-allowed
Coughlan, Sean. “Tablet computers in '70% of schools'.” BBC News, BBC, 3 Dec. 2014,