Mobile phone & student..............

I don't think it's disgusting, I think it's the world we live in... Now, I do believe that there should be limits, of course, but a lot of times there are emergencies which require children to have cell phones. I am not saying they should be making call all the time, but when there is a legitimate emergency, it's always good to have a phone so that they can contact someone who can help. And also so parents can have ways to contact their children as well if they need to. There are phones which limit who a child can call, which is good for parents to have so that they can keep contact with them. How about social lives? Students are allowed to have friends, right? If you give them a cell phone with prepaid minutes, they can call their friends but have to limit it anyways. Or what if they are working in a group for a school project and need to speak with their classmates... There are good, practical uses for cellular phones. They are not always used properly, and I don't think they should be used during school, but they are for emergencies and I don't think it's such a bad idea for children to have them, just in case. I mean, unless you plan for your child to be in front of you 24/7.

I'm a student, and I have a mobile phone. Almost every student that I know has a mobile phone right now. Everyone's entitled to have their opinion, and I respect yours. I, however, have an opinion that's quite different from yours. Having a mobile phone is not disgusting for a student. It's actually very very useful. It makes life easier for a student. My mobile phone has come in handy for me lots of times. For example, in our university, some professors give out their mobile numbers to their trusted students. This is so the students can call or text their professors if they need to ask something about the class. I use mine to call or text them when I do need help, and it's quite convenient. I also use my mobile phone to communicate with my classmates, especially when I'm absent from class. I just call or text them and ask them for the assignments and stuff about what was discussed. It's also helpful when we have group projects, it's a way to keep in touch with groupmates and find out what's being done about the project. I also use my mobile phone for emergencies. There was one time when I got stranded somewhere when I was on my way to school. My wallet got stolen and I didn't even have a single cent on me. So I called my Mom and asked her to pick me up. Without my mobile phone, I would have been totally lost then.

The thing here is the parents. If they want to give their child handphone who can stop them? For me they gave handphone to contact their child to know where, what, when their child is. I think positively. The child should be more thankful and use handphone for good purposes. Hope our child can be more responsible for what their parents gave to them.

I think your right students up to college should not use mobile phones as this is a distraction however new technology has come out which allow students to carry a sort of cell phone that has only 4-5 numbers that they can dial on and no other functions this is good as the kids can keep in touch with their parents and other guardians. However at the end it is totally and completely dependent on what the parents allow and dont allow once it is corrected there i think there would be no problem!!!

personally i do not encourage students, especially primary school to have handphone.The only thing useful about the device is to communicate and to call during emergency or when needed. But when i read the respond that "why can't we let kids be kids". I guess, it's okay... After all the character of a person do not depends on handphone, it depends on our up-bringing, environment, friends etc... We just have to spend time with our kids, teach them to live within our means, if you have extra, it's okay to buy a good handphone for your kids. but then, again, you'll just have to monitor them. Because nowadays, you can do alot of things with handphone+cams. P0rn movies can be downloaded to you handphone, peeping with your cam, abusing with SMS, MMS. you think about it, just monitor them. God Bless all...