Banning of Mobile Phones in UK Schools!

[Geiranger]

The government want to ban Mobiles by UK Law from Schools and Collages simply because of Cyber baiting, Texting is lessons calling in lessons and the poor grammar skills creeping up and up! What are you thoughts on the issue!

[GoldenMerc]

We got detension if are phones were even seen visible in school so not much change i guess

[lawrawrrr]

Ridiculous. What if a child needs to contact parents during the day?

[MKR&*42]

Ridiculous. What if a child needs to contact parents during the day?

There are landline phones rooted all around our school which help this problem. Also, a child can simply go to the school reception if they need to contact their parents in an emergency.

[Samantha]

There are landline phones rooted all around our school which help this problem. Also, a child can simply go to the school reception if they need to contact their parents in an emergency.

In my high school we had to pay to ring home and they wouldn't allow us access to the school phone thus that wouldn't work in some schools.

[buttons]

The government want to ban Mobiles by UK Law from Schools and Collages simply because of Cyber baiting, Texting is lessons calling in lessons and the poor grammar skills creeping up and up! What are you thoughts on the issue!

u prob should spend less time on ur phone in class then

& true @Intersocial; but what if a parent needed to contact their children privately? it is a bit of a hassle to go from reception, who might be busy for a while, to the child when they could just text their mobile phone. but yea they shouldn't have it out in class, we weren't allowed at all but we are in college depending the lecturer. imo it's rude to be texting so i don't do it...

[Samantha]

u prob should spend less time on ur phone in class then

& true @Intersocial; but what if a parent needed to contact their children privately? it is a bit of a hassle to go from reception, who might be busy for a while, to the child when they could just text their mobile phone. but yea they shouldn't have it out in class, we weren't at all but we are in college depending the lecturer. imo it's rude to be texting so i don't do it...

yeah our receptionists were slow and wouldn't give us messages until near the end of the day in some occasions. In junior school the HGH school near sports hall got set on fire, my parents weren't available to pick up us because of it and me and ky sister didn't get to know until 5 minutes before end, in fact I had to find my sister afterwards because they were slow. I agree with you fully Jen.

[lawrawrrr]

There are landline phones rooted all around our school which help this problem. Also, a child can simply go to the school reception if they need to contact their parents in an emergency.

what about on the way home from/on the way to school? or if pupils are allowed out at lunchtimes?

[Lee]

In my old school, you could call home from the office if it was really nessercary.

[Jssy]

at my school they wont let you ring mobiles and my dad only has a mobile not a landline soi would have had no way of contacting him if i didnt have my mobile