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Schools have become much stricter about the phones even when it is an emergency
sometimes. So that’s why it would be a great thing if schools would let us have cell
phones in school.

Cell phones have been an issue in schools ever since they became a big thing amongst
teenagers. Sixth grader Amina Hussain says, ‘There could be an emergency that no
one knows about and there might not be time to reach a phone!’

In a lot of schools teachers take it too far. They pull up students with cell phones even
when they aren’t using them and they are turned off and hidden so that they don’t
disturb anybody. Teachers shouldn’t be allowed to confiscate cell phones when they
aren’t even bothering anyone, are put on silent and hidden from other classmates!
Just two years ago in October, a girl took the case to the Supreme Court! She had had
her cell phone taken away. It was in her backpack turned off not disturbing anyone
when the teacher saw it and took it away and she never had it returned to her!

‘I wasn’t even using it and the teacher saw it in my backpack and confiscated it! I tried
to explain that I had to have it for later that day when my practice was over but she
wouldn’t listen!’ So many students bring their cell phones to school for reasons like
that, only to have their teacher confiscate it!

Imagine this… You go to work at Dwarka, and your child goes to school near your
home in Noida. You are working quietly and suddenly you realise there is a violent
earthquake! How would your children reach you to tell you that they are ok? How
would you reach out to them to make sure they are safe or to assure them that you
are safe? You can’t!

In emergencies like this, it is very important to have a way for a child to reach their
parents!

Sixth grader Harshita Menon says, ‘We need them in school because if there was an
emergency and we couldn’t use the school phones for one reason or another, we could
pull out our cell phones!

Anything can happen in our world today and having a cell phone with your child at
all times could save his/her life!

Cell phones should be allowed in schools but they’re not! They keep a child in touch
with their parents and are easy to keep up with! They can even save lives! Please let
cell phones be allowed in schools!

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