Switching Direction

Chapter 4: Grease

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~Louis is Cassidy's Body~

"And that was what sparked wold war two. Now-" The bell cut Mr. Francis, the History teacher off. "Remember to read chapters 27 and 28 for homework." He called out to everyone as people started to shove their books in their bags and rush out of the classroom. I honestly knew nothing about American history. What do you expect from me?

I quickly ran out of the classroom into the sea of people. OK, room 234. I looked around. 2. That would be upstairs right? I remember seeing a set of stairs when I walked in. I quickly pushed my way through people towards the front doors. Sure enough there were the stairs. I basically scampered up the stairs. 

It was very easy to find room 234. There were about half of the seats full. I quickly sat at an empty on in the very back corner. I never took debate, so I didn't know what this class was going to be life. Soon, the bell rang. A women in her 50s stood at the front of the room. On her desk a sign read Ms. Regan. I guess she was the teacher.

"Cassidy, Henry, you guys are up" Ms. Regan said. I froze. What? A tall boy with curly brown hair was walking towards the front. Hey was that Harry? He turned around as he stood up in the front. This boy had lots of freckles, and thick framed glasses. Nope. "Cassidy, we are waiting".

I slid out of my seat and very slowly, made my way to the front of the classroom. I stood on the other side of Ms. Regan, at the second podium. "In case any of you have forgotten the debate is about if kids should have cell phones or not. Cassidy will be explaining why kids should, while Henry will be explaining why kids shouldn't. At the end, you the class will get a chance to vote" Ms. Regan informed everyone. "Henry are you ready?" This was going to be a piece of cake.

"Yup" The boy said. I could tell just by hearing his voice he was a nerd, a prepared nerd.

"Thank you Ms. Regan. Children are too engrossed in the virtual world as it is. Kids need to be focusing on school and keeping active and creative--not lounging around on a smartphone. While kids are young they have no sense of maturity or responsibility because their parents are making all the choices and guiding them through life. Once the children are teen-aged and they've developed more independence it is acceptable because they're beginning to get part-time jobs and partaking in more events and activities and therefore may need the phone to ring their parents for a lift. But most of them will understand that the phone is not just a toy and it is to be used responsibly. Giving a child a phone, even if you think that it's for their own safety, is ludicrous. Parents should simply keep a spare mobile in the house and loan it to the kids WHEN THEY ACTUALLY WILL NEED IT! Otherwise you're wasting money on a device that may not even be required. The fact is that kids don't understand until they're older the dangers of the cyber world, how it can actually be worse than reality. Anything that goes on the web basically can be tracked down and used against you. I'm a teenager with a smartphone and I can quite honestly say that the only thing I use it for is to ring my family when they've forgotten to pick me up from somewhere. But kids don't require a phone for even that--given how no parents these days allow their children the independence to go anywhere or do anything alone when they're young. And even then, there's no reason you can't simply give them a coin to use for a payphone should they need it. The bottom line is that kids really don't need the distraction and parents don't need the cost." Everyone stared at him. They seemed lost.