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The Impact of Cellular Devices on Education| A Teacher’s Rant on Disruptions, Dependence, and Screen Time Madness
Listen up, folks, because cellular devices have completely hijacked the classroom, and as a teacher, I’m over it. Once upon a time, students actually paid attention, engaged in class discussions, and gasp used their brains. Now their eyes are glued to their screens, their thumbs move faster than their thoughts, and their ability to focus for more than five minutes? Gone. Let’s talk about how these little pocket-sized distractions are wrecking education.
Classroom Chaos: The Never-Ending Distraction
Remember when students took notes with actual pens and paper? Me neither, because now they pretend to take notes while really scrolling TikTok. Notifications, group chats, endless memes — it’s all just a constant barrage of distractions. And don’t get me started on multitasking. Spoiler alert: they’re terrible at it. Trying to listen while checking Snapchat? Yeah, that’s not learning, that’s digital daydreaming.
And as a teacher, I have to waste my time playing the “Put Your Phone Away” game. It’s exhausting, it’s repetitive, and frankly, I didn’t sign up to be a phone police officer. Schools try to enforce rules, but let’s be real, kids are sneaky, and their attachment to these…
