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Using mobile phones has become
all too common at schools in North Jersey, and many officials are finding it difficult
to stop the students from doing so.
A
survey made by Nielsen last year showed that kids are using mobile phones even before
they got into their teens. Nearly half of kids aging 8 to 12 had mobile phones,
the survey said.
Should schools have their
mobile phone bans?
Richard Tomko, principal
of Elmwood Park High School, said the ban should keep on in a place. "It's
really a bad influence if kids send messages to each other in class or play games
on their mobile phones," he said.
Wayne School has similar
rules, which says that the use of mobile phones is a "disruption"
to the learning, especially in class. Most students can't study carefully in class
with them. "Phones are not allowed to be kept in desks or pockets. Or they
will be taken away," school officials said.
Joyce Duncan, president of
the Wayne Parent Teacher Organization, said she believed students should be allowed
to carry mobile phones as long as they closed them off during the day. "They
should be allowed to have the phone with them if there is an emergency(紧急情况) and they have to leave quickly. I'd want to know that they could get
in touch with me," Duncan said.
Jane, a senior at Mahwah
High School, where mobile phones are taken away on sight and students are also penalized(处罚), said she thought the rule was unfair. "What if an emergency happens
and someone calls your phone?"