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Mobile Phones and Students: Emergency Device or Major Distraction

What is a good age for a child to start using a mobile phone? This is a question that is very pertinent in today’s schools because with the increasingly optimized family plans, many parents feel like mobile phones are a great way for children to manage their schedule.

For families which feel anxious about the safety of their children, mobile phone feels like a god-send because it allows parents a way to know that their child can reach them if needed. Uncertainty about schedules and stress stemming from inability to contact a child can be a big part of growing up for some students from families with heavily conflicting schedules and mobile phones are a fairly simple way to solve this problem. So, parents think nothing of providing their elementary school kids with phones and see it almost as an essential emergency device.

But is this the only use of mobile phones by students? Are they truly even necessary in cases of emergencies within school? This is the argument broached by those who believe that mobile phones do more harm than good. Mobile phones very quickly become non-emergency devices in that students use it to connect with friends. They either talk with friends between classes or text them during classes. Thus, potentially they can provide a huge distraction from learning. If a student is in an emergency situation in school, it should not be hard to reach the parent from a phone in the school office or the nurse’s office. People who believe that mobile phones are the source of distraction feel that they should be banned from class rooms.

The other manner in which mobile phones can be a distraction is that there are different kinds of mobile phones. There are simple ones that are nothing other than a way to make a call and others with enough bells and whistles to run the school. Students can also spend precious time comparing their phones and trying out new applications and the gadgets can themselves become a source of pre-occupation.

Mobile phones with cameras and other features attached in the hands of young students also lead to issues such as inappropriate photos being uploaded onto websites and shared with friends. Sometimes mobile phones become a tool in the hands of bullies who seek to embarrass a student.

It may be advisable to make sure that a student is mature enough to use it sparingly and has the ability to not be distracted by it. This is an assessment that has to be made on an individual basis. A parent may need to figure out the benefits of mobile phones and compare them with the risks and then decide whether the pros outweigh the cons before handing over a mobile phone to their kids.

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Earth Day (April 22)

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year.

In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere.

To turn Earth Day into a sustainable annual event rather than one that occurred every 10 years, Nelson and Bruce Anderson, New Hampshire’s lead organizers in 1990, formed Earth Day USA. Building on the momentum created by thousands of community organizers around the world, Earth Day USA coordinated the next five Earth Day celebrations through 1995.

April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues that troubled the world.

Earth Day 1990

Mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting the status of environmental issues onto the world stage, Earth Day activities in 1990 gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Unlike the first Earth Day in 1970, this 20th Anniversary was waged with stronger marketing tools, greater access to television and radio, and multi million-dollar budgets.