Phones; something that all my peers are addicted to.
Recently I've noticed the large number of students with phones out during class. I've suddenly taken an interest in this and decided to watch my classmates.
Most of the time my peers will be taking pictures and sending them to people. Every day they send what seems like a hundred pictures of their face. They will then talk with friends for a few minutes and then listen to the teacher. Two minutes later, they're back on their devices.
Whenever the teacher has their back turned, whether it is for a second or a minute, my classmates have their phones out. They instinctively pull out phones even when there isn't enough time to use them. They'll open the messaging app(s) they use and then they'll put the phone away three seconds later.
During tests, quizzes, independent work, you name it, students will pull out their phones to talk to people.
You may ask "aren't the teachers doing anything?" No! Teachers are allowing their pupils to plug in chargers and lay them across the space between desks*. Teachers are encouraging students to use phones during class as tools**. Teachers aren't taking away phones when they are constantly interfering with a student's learning.
Teachers have been unhappy with student's on their phones (they themselves have said this), so why do they allow phones!?
Outside of the classroom, I've tried having some conversations. At first they are nice, but then the person I'm talking to starts talking to other people on their phone. This really pisses me off. We are having a conversation and you feel the need to open up Snap Chat (or whatever app they use)? To me that's like if someone just made a phone call in the middle of your sentence. How'd you like that? It's sad. My peers can't stand five minutes without checking to see if they got a new message.
They also walk around staring down at a screen and not paying attention to anything. Everyone is too focused on phones, and not what is happening around them.
Thank you Mom. Thank you Dad. I'm happy that I was brought up without a phone. If I had one, I'd probably be like these people.
I'll leave you with this cartoon I found to be somewhat humorous.
*Do you know how hard it is to go sharpen your pencil when you have to climb through chargers? I have nearly sent phones flying because I tripped on a charger.
**I understand where that is coming from, but phones are too much of a temptation. We're told to use them as calculators, and we do. We also use them to text at the same time. Of course when any teacher looks, the calculator app is open.
Recently I've noticed the large number of students with phones out during class. I've suddenly taken an interest in this and decided to watch my classmates.
Most of the time my peers will be taking pictures and sending them to people. Every day they send what seems like a hundred pictures of their face. They will then talk with friends for a few minutes and then listen to the teacher. Two minutes later, they're back on their devices.
Whenever the teacher has their back turned, whether it is for a second or a minute, my classmates have their phones out. They instinctively pull out phones even when there isn't enough time to use them. They'll open the messaging app(s) they use and then they'll put the phone away three seconds later.
During tests, quizzes, independent work, you name it, students will pull out their phones to talk to people.
You may ask "aren't the teachers doing anything?" No! Teachers are allowing their pupils to plug in chargers and lay them across the space between desks*. Teachers are encouraging students to use phones during class as tools**. Teachers aren't taking away phones when they are constantly interfering with a student's learning.
Teachers have been unhappy with student's on their phones (they themselves have said this), so why do they allow phones!?
Outside of the classroom, I've tried having some conversations. At first they are nice, but then the person I'm talking to starts talking to other people on their phone. This really pisses me off. We are having a conversation and you feel the need to open up Snap Chat (or whatever app they use)? To me that's like if someone just made a phone call in the middle of your sentence. How'd you like that? It's sad. My peers can't stand five minutes without checking to see if they got a new message.
They also walk around staring down at a screen and not paying attention to anything. Everyone is too focused on phones, and not what is happening around them.
Thank you Mom. Thank you Dad. I'm happy that I was brought up without a phone. If I had one, I'd probably be like these people.
I'll leave you with this cartoon I found to be somewhat humorous.
*Do you know how hard it is to go sharpen your pencil when you have to climb through chargers? I have nearly sent phones flying because I tripped on a charger.
**I understand where that is coming from, but phones are too much of a temptation. We're told to use them as calculators, and we do. We also use them to text at the same time. Of course when any teacher looks, the calculator app is open.
