Cell Block
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 01:51 PM
Some listeners' emails on the issue of cell phones in the schools:
please...i was raised by a single mom in the 70's and 80's before these damn phones even existed. i never wore a bike helmet or had a play-date either.
we survived.
-jc
Although I believe that students should be able to carry their cell phones
to school & should have the OFF during school hours I find it obnoxious that
THIS is the issue that gets parents, students, and public officials
motivated so quickly. With all of the problems in NYC public schools, it's disheartening that this is the issue that gets media attention and public
traction.
-is
my husband is an asst. principal, head of security at a large high school in queens. the amount of time he spends searching and investigating cell phone theft in the school is ridiculous, not to mention the violence sometimes involved. yet he has also said that the necessary confiscations that would occur if they were prohibited would be pure chaos. hmmm...
-go
Cell phones aren't going to disappear. We're educating students to live in a world with constant cell phone use. This should be a time to teach responsible and polite use of phones, laptops, etc. Compare with a corporate office, where a ban would be impossible and still the consequences of a phone ringing in the middle of a meeting are clear.
-pb
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