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I read an article on Weblogg-ed called Students Pay a Price (Literally) for Cell Phone Ban and what mattered is how much the youth of our time let alone everyone is so dependent on technology. The article talked about how this guy went to this middle school and was talking to the kids about technology. He was asking questions and all of them had cellphones and a guessed 90% had a myspace page. It also mentioned that they had a cellphone ban at the school. This is what he said about it:

But here was the moment that floored me. Obviously, these kids don’t leave their cell phones at home. They are too important as a communications tool for safety’s sake and for social connections. Yet they can’t get these phones through the airport like scanners at the front of the building. So what do they do? Seems a little cottage industry as sprung up at the delis and bodegas around the school so that kids can check their phones in for the day at $3 a pop. They get a ticket, just like a coat check, on their way into school, and they pick it up on the way out.

I cannot believe that these kids would pay $3 everyday just to have their cellphone after class. It would cost so much money every month. It is kind of sad how dependent they are on having their phones. and they are pretty much paying them to not be able to use them, why can't they just leave them at home. And also the 90% percent with myspace said that they also check them everyday. They use them to get information about homework, communication, and whatever else. I can relate this to my English class because we depend on our laptops in that class for the majority of our work. And think about how many people you see on there cellphones texting or talking to someone everyday. Everyone is dependent on technology these days.