Mobile phones and pagers are nowadays items used by almost everyone, whithout which we might find ourselves in the impossibility of communication; we might find ourselves secluded indeed. It is said that we are contemporaries in the century “of information” and it’s been long time since information was transmitted through humans’ live meetings. However, for us and the upcoming generations, this technology has turned into accessories “in” or “out of” trend.
To my regard, mobile phones and pagers should not be banned from school, but introduced as clauses in certain rules for students. These communication “tools” are essential for our serene survival nowadays. We need to be kept in touch with everything and the possiblility of making contact at any times with certain people can be life-saving. Parents are at peace with themselves when they know their child can call them or the authorities if they are in trouble or simply they can get the assurance their loved-ones have reached their destination safely. Though, the discussions that have gone on and on on this topic refer to the over-usage of these apparatus, mostly during classes, usage which is refeacting into the disturbance of the program, of the teacher or of the other classmates. A cell-phone ringing at those times is not only annoying, but also wrong. I believe the silent mode is a solution for this problem.
Another aspect is represented by the manipulation of all adolescents, people at the “life-training” stage into wanting newer and more professional devices, irrespective of their percentage of facilities usage. The need of being accepted into different “stylish” groups is directly proportionate with the amount of trendy items you can bring altogether, fact that is not benefic to the psychological development of children. They need to trust in themselves for their own “internal memory” instead that of a cell phone equiped with an mp3 player whose music you never update.
The primordial importance of these “keep-in-touch” hi-tech has been stated above. If I were to balance this importance with the low points of it, I were to incline to the benefits. And don’t ever forget that in the virtual world the future is always unpredictible, but auspicious.
To my regard, mobile phones and pagers should not be banned from school, but introduced as clauses in certain rules for students. These communication “tools” are essential for our serene survival nowadays. We need to be kept in touch with everything and the possiblility of making contact at any times with certain people can be life-saving. Parents are at peace with themselves when they know their child can call them or the authorities if they are in trouble or simply they can get the assurance their loved-ones have reached their destination safely. Though, the discussions that have gone on and on on this topic refer to the over-usage of these apparatus, mostly during classes, usage which is refeacting into the disturbance of the program, of the teacher or of the other classmates. A cell-phone ringing at those times is not only annoying, but also wrong. I believe the silent mode is a solution for this problem.
Another aspect is represented by the manipulation of all adolescents, people at the “life-training” stage into wanting newer and more professional devices, irrespective of their percentage of facilities usage. The need of being accepted into different “stylish” groups is directly proportionate with the amount of trendy items you can bring altogether, fact that is not benefic to the psychological development of children. They need to trust in themselves for their own “internal memory” instead that of a cell phone equiped with an mp3 player whose music you never update.
The primordial importance of these “keep-in-touch” hi-tech has been stated above. If I were to balance this importance with the low points of it, I were to incline to the benefits. And don’t ever forget that in the virtual world the future is always unpredictible, but auspicious.
