Editor,
Regarding the March 27 column “High schools should adopt ‘bell-to-bell’ cellphone ban,” by Jon Mays. While your column was very explanatory, and I appreciated the lists of reasons for the ban, I have to disagree with your perspective. I believe the usage of phones during school, specifically during the break times, is important for the safety of the students.
Recently, in my area, a school close to mine was threatened with a gun threat, and the perpetrator claimed my school was next. Many of my peers want to have their phones with them for reasons like this, in emergencies. Also, family emergencies aren’t ruled out either. My mother has tried to call me a few times in cases of needing a ride home or family issues that I needed to come home for. In your article, you state how schools are used to help kids navigate the world without a tech device and how students can keep their phones with them in case of emergencies.
But the bell-to-bell policy for schools will overlook them. The state recently passed a law about this very thing and is initiating the bell-to-bell policy. So well done on your persuasive opinion. Yet the state is making us keep them in pouches, and my school is dangerous enough with a target on its back. My credibility is that I am a high school student, in danger of not graduating, with the constant threats and no way to call for help if I ever need it. Our nation’s children’s lives, whether people like it or not, depend on tech to protect them. Cellphones keep us safe, and only the higher-ups can make that decision.
Colleen Hill
Poway
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OK Colleen - I have a solution for you and your screen addicted peers. Let's go back to pagers. Those devices can send out the emergency signals that you can't seem to live without. I wonder how my generation made it without all of the superfluous electronics.
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