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Is America being "dumbed down"?

qopel
Dylip

Television is getting less educational and even news programs are becoming a form of entertainment, rather than a source of information. Texting has encouraged young people to stop caring about spelling and grammar. Ur, U, B4, Y and other "abbreviations" are even showing up in student school papers. Religion is hindering the advancement of science. Almost half of Americans don't accept evolution as a fact. More people care about football scores than bother to vote. More people watch th...

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advanced school programs should be kept and expanded

safebug
Consummator

I believe that advanced and exhilarated school programs should be kept and expanded. We should strengthen our enrichment programs for highly capable children. If we open the programs to anyone, then it could be a non-exclusive class. I understand that by being able to enter the program be by a high test score, people feel that it is an unfair chance. However, the work that is in a highly capable class may be harder for some students who were not able to pass the test....

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Should cellphones be allowed in school?

DeidreDimino
mostdope

in today's world, where everybody has a cellphone, a debate goes on as to whether or not kids should be allowed to have their phones at school. Most schools hav ebanned cellphones altogether, otheres have banned them in the classroom. so where do you stand on the subject, should kids be allowed cell phones at school or should they be banned? In my honest opinion, I do think students should be allowed to have cellphones during school. there are alot of reasons why. Parents should be able to keep...

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should cell phones be allowed in school?

randalynn123
solguin

Parents can be keep in touch with their children during school. Also contact their parents when they have forgotten something. Or what if their was an emergency (ex. school shooting), a scared student or a worried parent they would be able to easily reach their students....

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Cell Phones

HazedGoose88
tyson11

Should Cell phones be allowed in schools...

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Updated 3 Months Ago

cell phones in school

bshizzlemynizzl
quadnips

Dude phones should totally be allowed in school man. Do you even debate?...

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Should phones be allowed in school?

santana03
lizziestlouis21

Do you believe cell phones should be allowed in school?...

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should cell phones be allowed in school

delany18
InfantThug

cell phones should not be allowed in school because 73% of students use their cellphones to cheat on test. Using cellphones in school can be a distraction, they text in class, they listen to music....

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Should phones be allowed in school?

lizziestlouis21
ellierodriguez216

phone should allowed in school, because It will cut down spending. ▪ so it won"t have to spend so much money when the student already have the device. ▪It will help the kids get more into and interested in the lesson. ▪New common core curriculum will soon force school districts to make changes because more and more things have to do with online school things. ▪ According to a recent Wilkes University study 91 percent of students" text during class. So why not let th...

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Cell phones in school

kephart32
bshizzlemynizzl

Hello, class I am here today to talk about why cell phones should be allowed in school. One of the reasons cell phones should be allowed is because we have freedom of speech according to first amendment news 2011. Cell phones also allow students to do more than text. Students can use cell phones for calendars, calculators, and even stopwatches. Also if you have a cell phone with music on it if we were allowed to listen to it then students might do better in school because music might help us foc...

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