Are cell phone bans the new trend?

By Emmett Roman
Staff Reporter

Whether or not cell phones should be allowed in classrooms has been a controversial topic for many years. On Feb. 10, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills into law which will, in effect, ban K-12 students from using their phones during instructional classroom time. However, the new legislation does not create such rules for college-level students. We asked LCC students what they thought about cell phone bans and if there should be one at LCC. Here is what they said.

“I think cell phones should be allowed in the classroom, just not used in the classroom,” Elijah Croel said. “It’s a clear distraction as you are there to learn, hear from the professor and talk to your peers.”

 

“I think cellphones aren’t technically supposed to be there,” Elizabeth Benson said. “They’re not really helpful for learning, but I feel like having them in the classroom as long as the students know to be responsible and when to put them away is fine.”

 

“I get really annoyed when phones start ringing,” Kyle Foreman said. “I know it doesn't bother a lot of people, so I'm not super against it, but I personally don't use my phone in the classroom, and I don't really like it.”

 

“Personally, I don't think so. It's just a distraction in my opinion,” Alex Keifer said. “I don't really see the need for it.”

 

“I think that they can be beneficial in classrooms. But I also think that they can definitely be a distraction when students aren't using them in the right way,” Ava Vaccaro said. “I think a lot of college students are able to manage that, whereas high school students probably aren't as responsible.”