Cellphones shall not be banned!

WALT: Write a persuasive text. Should cellphones be banned in schools?

There was once a time where phones hadn't existed.  Now they do, you see them everywhere. In someone's hand, pocket or even in their bag. Before we had this advanced technology, we had flip phones.  Then, those were replaced with attractive favoured phones. Where you actually touch the screen, I mean back then we had buttons on phones. Okay okay, I'll get to the main topic.

Should phones be banned in schools?  Tweens and teens have phones now. It could possibly change them in a way where they would use their phones 24/7.

Firstly,  I disagree with this because phones can help you in a way.  I recommend the age of 12, for a child to start bringing a device to school.  Imagine this: The bell had just rung, students are leaving. You notice that no one has come to pick you up.  Your phone! Your phone is in your bag. You take it out and decide to ring your parents. You've informed them that you can now be picked up.  A phone can help you contact someone. You could possibly tell them about your day or just have a normal conversation.

Furthermore, phones can give a child or teenager a full responsibility for the phone.  It can help them look after their own things as they are growing older each year. But, it may take over them and could get the feeling of using their phone all the time.  Although, you can tell them when to stop using their phone or give them a time limit on how long they can use a phone. So, they will get used to the time limit and will know for themselves on when to stop.

Finally, a phone can give facts about the day.  An example is, you can set a calendar and will tell you about the events coming up for the day.  It can help you from forgetting things like a test or an activity that may happen in the day. A phone can give you facts about the recent news.  It might probably tell you about the weather and how cold or hot it might be. Phones can actually help you wake up in the morning by setting the alarm, the ringing will mainly wake you up so you can start getting ready for the day.  Most of us would probably sleep through it, but it's worth a try.

In conclusion, I feel that phones shall not be banned from schools because they are what we need to help us throughout the day.  A calendar to remind you, an alarm to wake you, a responsibility to help you and lastly a way to contact people.

What I learnt: I learnt how to use different words for a new sentence and how to back up my reasons correctly on why phones shouldn't be banned in schools. What I enjoyed: I enjoyed writing the whole persuasive text because persuasive writing is my favourite way to convince people about how I see things. What I found difficult: I mostly found it difficult is to actually come up with different reasons and I had some seconds thoughts on disagreeing with the topic but I finally chose my way to disagree. What I need to work on: Next time I could work on giving my opinions more of an understanding information to give my readers a chance to know what I am saying so no one would go 'huh?'.