Since the motion “students should not bring their mobile phones to school” has been a controversy, there isn’t any definite agreement between students, teachers and the Principal. From my point of view, mobile phones should not stay prohibited in school. I’m going to explain the reasons behind this practical argument.
First of all, parents may be worried about their children’s safety. It’s normal for them to care about their children, and this applies to almost all the families. In this case, students can contact their parents when they’re going back home if they bring their phones to school. It is true that there are phones provided by the school for students to contact parents. However, there are almost 1000 students in the school, yet there are only 2 phones available for them. It is ridiculous. Indeed it forces students to queue up, wasting a lot of time. When they bring their own phones, they can contact their parents whenever they like. How convenient it is!
As the technology is more advanced nowadays, mobile phone means a lot to teenagers. What’s more, it’s a necessity for them. Basically most of them have an obsession with their ‘necessity’. They do not have their phones for 8 hours because they’re having lessons at school. It’s no harm for them to relax after the tiring 8 hours. Phone is a part of our life. I don’t see the point in not allowing students to bring their phones to school just for relaxing right after the long, dreadful lessons.
Besides, it is essential for students to check information on the Internet. It is usual to surf the net by phones. Sometimes students do homework before or after school. They can check the information using their phones. When the bringing of mobile phones stays prohibited, they need to use the computers in the library. Same as the case of public phones in school, there’re nearly a thousand of students yet there’re only three computers available. I don’t think they can surf the Internet as they want. It therefore can’t replace the use of their personal phones for checking information.
Some students said that the using of mobile phones is detrimental to health. I personally think it’s out of the track. I’m claiming that students only use their phones when they’re heading to school or leaving it. It doesn’t take a long time anyway. How can it be harmful to our body, especially our eyes? In addition, their main concern is that mobile phones keep on distracting them when they’re having lessons. However, I didn’t say that students can keep their phones during lesson time. The phones can be kept by teachers. Once phones are kept by teachers, there won’t be any distraction and also stealing, crimes and cheating. The school can implement more measures to keep students’ concentration once they are allowed to bring their phones to school.
To sum up, there seems to be loads of disadvantages for students to bring phones to school just if they have some superficial grasps of the motion. However, they can be eliminated by policies implemented by the school. The plans can definitely beat the disadvantages down.
What’s left are the advantages of bringing phones to school ultimately. I don’t see any point that bringing mobile phones to school is high-sounding since it ensures students’ safety from the viewpoint of parents, helps students look up the information in an effective way and serves as a proper form of relaxation for students. As the above-mentioned arguments support my standpoint, I consider the bringing of mobile phones should be permitted at school. This motion must not stand.
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