Cell phones: the new note passing

Cell Phone: the New Note

Passing?

By Megan Gaffney

    Every year, Montgomery County Public Schools distributes a Student Handbook and an agenda to every student in the school system. However, one rule is disregarded every single day by a plethora of students. According to the student agenda, “Electronic devices may not be used during the school day. If an electronic device is brought to school it must be turned off and out of sight BEFORE students enter the school building and must be kept in lockers until students leave the school building for the day… If seen during the school day the device will be confiscated and turned in to the main office.”

    Many students have their phones and iPods® on and with them all day. Ear buds can be concealed under earmuffs, in hats or in loose hair, and cell phones are stowed in places as obvious as a front pocket or as clever as in a shoe. Students play games on their iPhones® and check Facebook constantly during classes.

    A survey taken a few years ago at Westland revealed that the main reason students come to school, besides the fact that it is a law, is to socialize. They text their friends and play games as an element of social activity.