Question

Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

“The use of Mobile Phones must be allowed in schools.” Express your views either for or against the statement.

Answer 1

The mobile phones are modem gadgets of communication that helps us to connect with people around the world. The mobile phones have a marked effect on the lives of people and now a days each and every person whether a peasant or a wealthy person owns a mobile phone. In these urban times, mobile phones are not restricted only to the adults but have also become a component of students lives. The mobile phones cannot be allowed in schools as they will be used more as a means of amusement than for education.
The students’ life is a base for the days to come, and at this stage, students should develop the virtue of hardword by doing his/her own work manually without any help. With a mobile phone in hand, no student will bother to write down his/her notes and will be obsessed with copying and pasting all the work given to him/her. This will lead to the students to become lazy and passive and this can effectively ruin their future.
Nowadays, new types of mobiles called smart phones are prevalent. These have thousands of new features to be used. But most of these feature are too distracting for a student’s mind. For example, student will develop a habit for playing games or listening to music while the teacher is giving a lecture or notes in class. This will cause rapid decrease in his/her interest in study, and he/she will gradually start losing his/her marks and rank. Another harmful effect of phones is that outdoor activities decrease as the students stick to mobiles because they are too hard to resist for a student. This affects their physical and mental health and if mobile phones are allowed in schools then the students would only become bad to worse.
An important feature of mobile phone is internet. Internet is a very useful thing and could be-very useful for students as they can know about all the things around the world. But if free access to internet is provided to students, without any restrictions in schools then most of the times it will be used for purposes other than education. The students could also be lured into opening porn websites and watching illicit material. The students will also begin to download useless materials, as a students heart and mind is still developing and it is too hard to resist such distractions.
Thus, mobile phones should only be limited till homes, because they prove to be more of a distraction than an educational source to children. The students gradually start lossing their concentration in studies. They develop a passive nature for studies and their essence of hard work all dry up. The mobile phones will cause their health to deteriorate, and will have an adverse effect on their eyes. A student will grow to become erratic and harsh and with a stubborn character. The mobile phones will cause them to lose their interest in sports and other outdoor fields of entertainment. Students will be less in contact with the outside world and family, and this will deteriorate his character.
As far as study is concerned the mobile phones can be an excellent source if they are used correctly. But if the students gain free access to phones, like in schools than they will only serve as an excellent source of distraction. These were the views I had against the allowing of mobile phones in schools.