¿DO YOU THINK THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED

TO USE THEIR BB IN CLASS?

There are lots of points of view about this matter. First of all, I think that everyone is free to do whatever they consider is correct, as long as it doesn’t affect the rest of the people. Considering that we are in college, we are supposed to be mature enough to know what is wrong and what is right. However BlackBerrys are a distraction during class, and is an unnecessary instrument for the learning environment that college represents.

Even though, I think this prohibition should be applied on certain cases. In first place, if the students are using their BlackBerry, but the teacher isn’t paying attention to this fact, or if they use it during a few moments and their attention isn´t being affected, that’s not a reason to rest points to the student`s grades or interrupt the class, because it creates an uncomfortable situation in the classroom for the other students who are focus in the class. In addition, if some students have an urgency to make a call or have an emergency or something related, they must leave the classroom to do it, and that shouldn’t be a problem for the teacher, as long as is not made during several times in the class.

In conclusion, students are in class to listen to the teacher, establish relations with their classmates, engage their brains with learning, reading, writing, math, and participating in activities and debates. So students shouldn´t be allowed to use their BB in class, but this shouldn’t mean that they can’t see their BB for a moment, or make a call and the teacher shouldn’t interrupt the class because one student is using it. But in any case the student has to respect the rule and apply it.