Week 8 Writing Homework
Discuss whether phones should be banned in schools, considering the impact on mental health and learning.
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Imagine a world where every student passes their tests, and all get excellent grades in every subject. But not because they have studied hard, but because their phones have not been banned from classes. Would you want this to be the destiny of every child in future generations? Clearly, phones are a major distraction, have bad influence on kids of all ages, and will create the urge for students to plagiarize. If we don’t ban phones from schools immediately, there will be major consequences for all students young and old. Let’s get to the facts.
Firstly, phones in schools will cause students to be unfocused in class and glued to their screen. Imagine trying to teach 30 students that are all glued to their phones. Wouldn’t it get under your skin? Undoubtedly, phones are both a major distraction for parents and a stressful dilemma for the teachers teaching those students. It is obvious that not banning phones from schools will lead to absolutely no good for anyone in the education environment.
Moreover, phones give easy access to misinformation and disinformation, as well as useless but viral hacks. If a child sees something that seems interesting on social media at school, they will obviously try it immediately. This puts the school property and the school students in a vulnerable position. It is also obvious that once one child does something deemed to be viral, other students will not utilize their common sense but instead do the same. This will lead to devastating results from everyone.
Furthermore, with A.I. basically accessible in every device, any child with a phone can cheat. With A.I. at their fingertips, students will obviously attempt to choose the easy way out and be tempted to plagiarize. For example, any student could successfully secretly pull out their phones and look up every answer for a test. This will foster children to not utilize their own critical thinking but get someone or something else to do it for them instead. Would you want your child to be like this?
In summation, phones in schools is like putting a cat in water. It will distract students, have bad influence on them, and yield the urge to plagiarize. Ultimately, these reasons will have detrimental effects on everybody no matter what role they have in education. Abolish phones from schools now and I guarantee every child will thrive in their on growing academic journey.
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SCHOL-Y5_WK8 – Tricia Yi
Imagine sitting in a classroom, trying to focus on your lessons, when suddenly the buzz of a phone distracts you. You look around, and almost every student is glued to their phone screen, checking messages, social media, or playing games. How can anyone expect to learn in such an environment? Phones in schools create a barrier to focus and contribute to mental health issues. It’s time to seriously consider banning phones in schools for the benefit of both mental health and learning.
First, phones in schools have a significant negative impact on students’ mental health. Studies have shown that excessive screen time leads to higher levels of anxiety and depression among teenagers. With social media constantly being checked during school hours, students become more anxious about their online presence, leading to a sense of insecurity. This constant comparison can lower self-esteem and create unnecessary stress. If phones were banned, students would be able to disconnect from the pressures of social media, promoting healthier mental well-being. A focus on face-to-face interactions and deeper relationships would help students feel more empowered and less overwhelmed.
Secondly, phones can deeply affect learning. When students are allowed to use their phones during school hours, distractions are inevitable. A quick glance at a notification can lead to a loss of focus for the entire lesson. This disruption not only affects the individual student but also the entire class’s learning experience. Studies have shown that students who don’t use phones during lessons perform better academically. Banning phones would help students concentrate more fully on their studies, creating a more sustainable learning environment where students are free from distractions. The classroom would resonate with focused discussions, better participation, and improved understanding of the subjects being taught.
Lastly, banning phones would encourage students to engage with the world around them in a meaningful way. Instead of relying on their phones, students would develop essential skills like problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking. Without phones, students would be more likely to participate in group activities, ask questions in class, and spend time with their peers. These valuable interactions would help them grow both academically and socially, providing them with tools that extend beyond the classroom.
In conclusion, banning phones in schools would greatly improve both students’ mental health and their learning experiences. Phones create unnecessary distractions and contribute to anxiety, while also making it harder for students to focus on their studies. By removing phones, we can create an environment that promotes empowerment, focus, and better academic performance, all of which are essential for a brighter future.
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SCHOL-Y5_WK8 – Varoon
Have you ever wondered what rules do different schools have on phones? Over 95% of Australian children that aged between 11 and 17 years old, use phones in class time with an average use of 43 minutes. Many schools allow phones to be used in school time, distracting students while they scroll on inappropriate content for their age. I believe that banning phones at school is compulsory.
Firstly, children get distracted from the noises of other students’ phones in class. This includes the sound of videos, shorts and alarms. For example, the alarm clock on a phone suddenly blurts out a ringing noise for assembly. The children can’t focus and get stressed from the noise. This loses the time to write making a lower score for others and it can lead to waste of money and time.
Moreover, social media can have inappropriate subjects. Since it is not the peak hour for watching technology, there could be unnecessary content. It can influence children in violence or make emotional problems. For example, a child could watch a clip that involves killing other people. It can make them scared and frightened. This can make them feel in a negative mood for a period of time.
Finally, banning phones at school can lower the chance of cyberbullying and other types of bullying. Harassment can make children feel in a negative mood such is being uncomfortable or frightened. For instance, someone could tell you that your appearance is ugly creating depressed emotions. Consequently, it is crucial that we ban phones.
In conclusion, if we ban phones from school, children can be more focused and we can reduce the amount of dangers online that could impact their well-being. I encourage you to reduce the use of electronic devices at both home and school for many reasons including worsened eyesight. Spend more time with family and friends or go outdoors to play some sport.
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SCHOL-Y5_WK8 – Alessia Li
Phones must be banned in schools. Imagine a school such well behaved that their students were considered 100% mature already. This dream is so close to being accomplished; the only roadblock is phones. Phones distract students from the main lesson, even if you don’t have one. The excessive release of sound from the phone, disturbs others concentration. The people who have their phones out text, play games, even search and experience inappropriate things. Phones their context can be so insane, phones encourage swearing, building this bad habit is bad. And once you get use to it, you’ll act like swearing is normal. In my life, people way younger than me, people about my age, and people above; they all have phones. They swear in mere UNO games and sometimes swear for no reason at all. However not everybody has those addictive phones
People who don’t have it will act more responsible and be smart and sensible. Those who watch their phones always scroll into inappropriate things, and will learn slang such as nerd, snitch, or teacher’s pet, or cool kids. These people are unfairly classifying these children. Phone addicts always cling onto their virtual attributes (which will never help in life) until they become useless. The people in my school spend to around 9hrs of their day on games. And they wake up in the middle of the night, to “get the new upcoming update awards” or so they say. Yet they are classified cool for doing this. People who don’t use their phone in school, hold many good grades, and amazing design or artworks. Yet again despite their achievements, their considered not cool.
Phones take tolls both mentally and physically. When you watch your phone, you laugh at people making grave mistakes, no you don’t feel bad, not a single bit. You just consider it hilarious, as if it was not real. Once you see something too frequently, it goes to your long-term memory. Often giving nightmares, or depression, or they always keep your guard up, making any slightest noise will make you refer to the long-term memory. Phones also damage your eyes, and no you’re not a “immortal” or a “person who was gifted with superpowers so they could save their family”; your eyes are fragile, looking at your phone to much may cause problems in the eyes, and you may become, cross-eyed, or nearsighted, or in some circumstances all blurry. Either way this affects your eyesight negatively, and no “A UNO reverse card is not going to help you at all”
The phones loud noises may cause damage in the ear. It damages your brain significantly, denting your mind with a useless memory, stressed out brains often lead to, faster breathing, exaggerated movements, and digestion problems. These habits either way are all bad, and no “you don’t have magical powers to reverse time or a curse from god, it’s just you.” \
In summary you could live a better life if phones were banned, and your habits would be much better and sensible, nightmares would circulate less in your sleep, and no “god won’t give you magical powers to become the strongest fastest smartest man on earth”. So you and your community would be better, so come and support banning phones in school.
jonathan wang
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SCHOL-Y5_WK8 – luyao Yang
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Phones should be banned for students under 16.
Imagine a world where everyone’s scores were perfect, they would score 100% on every single test. This isn’t because they have studied hard but because they are cheating with their phones. But they don’t even get caught, which is not good at all, it is doing worse to them than anyone else. Phones are also major distractions for kids which may affect their daily life. It is easier for hackers to hack kids because they’re still little and wouldn’t understand as much as adults.
Firstly, when students cheat or plagiarize in academic activities, instructors cannot accurately assess student performance or evaluate students’ mastery of the knowledge, skills and applications necessary in their field. Also cheating bypasses the learning process, leading to gaps in knowledge and understanding that can have long-term consequences in a student’s education and future career. It is certain to ban phones for kids under 16.
Secondly, learning and mastery require deep concentration, and the interruptions and distractions that come from trying to do more than one thing at once make it harder to focus and decrease your chances of recalling that information later. Your phone will distract you and you won’t even know what you’re doing or what is happening. It is vital to learn and DO NOT get distracted by your phone.
Finally, at such a young age with possibly money in your phone it is easy for hackers to locate and steal your money and open credit card and bank accounts in your name. Destroy your credit rating. Request new accounts and Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) or additional credit cards. Which could affect your whole phone which is horrible because you are at school not at home so you wouldn’t have your parents with you. It is a will most certainly always never bring your phone to school unless it’s shut down.
In conclusion you must ban students from brining phones to school as they could cheat and not learn they would get disruptive and unfocused and finally they would get hacked and they would be able to do nothing about it but if you leave it at home your phone will be safe with your parents and you wouldn’t have any issues any longer. So, you will never bring your phones to school unless you want to be in danger which will never happen EVER!
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SCHOL-Y5_WK8 – ABBY FAN