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This document discusses the debate around whether students should be allowed to bring mobile phones to school. It outlines arguments on both sides of the issue. The cons of phones at school include the potential for distraction, interruption of lessons if phones ring or chime, and easier cheating if students have internet access. The pros are that phones allow students to contact parents for safety reasons, call emergency services if needed, and let parents track their children's whereabouts. Overall, the document concludes both pros and cons exist, so schools should have rules and parents set limits on phone use.

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Discussion Text Practice

This document discusses the debate around whether students should be allowed to bring mobile phones to school. It outlines arguments on both sides of the issue. The cons of phones at school include the potential for distraction, interruption of lessons if phones ring or chime, and easier cheating if students have internet access. The pros are that phones allow students to contact parents for safety reasons, call emergency services if needed, and let parents track their children's whereabouts. Overall, the document concludes both pros and cons exist, so schools should have rules and parents set limits on phone use.

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Should kids have phones at school?

Mobile phones can be fantastic when it comes to the safety of your children and so many parents
encourage their use but are they really needed when the kids are at school? Here are pros and cons taking
them in.
The opponents claim that although you would hope this wouldn't happen, it is possible that your
child's mobile phone could be stolen while they are at school. This would be very costly to parents and a
huge disappointment to the child. Placing their phone in a school locker during lessons could reduce this
possibility, but many children like to carry their phone around just in case they need it.

Parents are worried that phones could distract their kids. Mobile phones have come a
long way from the screenless bricks they were twenty years ago and the latest smartphones can
almost double as a computer. While this is great for those techno geeks among us, it does mean
that they offer far more of a distraction to kids than they used to. Nowadays, children cannot
only text and make calls with their mobiles, they can also play games, surf the internet, watch
videos and listen to music. All these features could interfere with your child’s concentration and
ability to learn if they play with them in class.
Next, they think phones could interrupt lessons. Many children, even though they are
asked to do so, forget to turn off their phones during lessons meaning they may start to beep,
chime or play music. This not only frustrates and annoys other pupils but also prevents them
from learning as well as they would without the distraction. If this happens with several phones
during a class the problem multiplies.
Finally, phones can make kids easier to cheat. Access to the internet can also be used to
look up answers and mobile phones have a couple of other dynamic features – a calculator and
the ability to save notes. The possibility of children having access to this information during
important exams could be too tempting for pupils not to take advantage of.
On the other hand, the proponents confess that they can get in touch when necessary. The
main benefit of having a phone is that your child can get in touch with you whenever they need
to. This allows you to feel they are safe and gives them assurance knowing they can call home if
they have a problem.

Further, they can ring the emergency services if need arises. If your child is in immediate
danger, they can use their phone to call not only you but the emergency services. This is of great
benefit and could potentially save your child's life. Even if your child has no phone credit they
can still get in touch with the police, fire or medical services as all emergency calls are free.

Another benefit, the proponents find is that phones allow the parents track their kids
whereabouts. Children, especially teenagers, can be extraordinarily elusive and can disappear
with their friends for hours without notifying anyone. In the summer many kids will go to the
park after school or pop down to the shops at lunchtime. Letting them have a mobile phone will
allow you to know where they are – provided their phone is on!

Finally, the usage of mobile phones can be very discreet if turned off or on to silent. As
long as your child remembers to do this their phone won't cause a distraction in class, but they
will stay have a way to contact you if they need to. Giving them a standard rather than a
smartphone will also reduce the risk of distraction.

So both pros and cons will always appear whenever the parents giving phones to their
children. In order to prevent any bad things related with learning activity at school, there must be
a rule at school to manage the usage of the phones and parents should make a limitation to make
their children not become addicted using the phone as source of joy.

GIVE CONCISE ANSWERS TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.


1. In what ways phones can interrupt lessons?
2. How can mobile phones lead the kids to cheat at school?
3. How can mobile phones can make parents feel their kids safe?
4. How could mobile phone distract kids?
5. Are you opponent or proponent of taking the mobile phones at school? Give your own
arguments.

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