Cell phones have become a big part in people’s lives during the 21st century. One of the most popular activities to do on a cell phone is to text your friend or your family. Cell phones are almost a necessity for every person in the U.S, and many people can’t live without one. They have even gotten so popular that teenagers are even texting their friends in class.

If you’re taking a test and you have your best friend text you the answers to number two and you get it correct for not even knowing what the question meant. This means your cell phone too much of a distraction. I think cell phones are showing disrespect to the teacher. The teacher plans an agenda for the whole class, and the student just sits in his or her seat texting her friend as fast as he or she could, or the student could be doing much more than just texting.

Cell phones today don’t just do the average talking to one another. Today many phones have the capabilities to navigate the World Wide Web, watch videos, listen to music, or even have a Global Positioning Satellite device built into it.

In America, all over the country, texting is used to vote on live television. Let’s take American Idol for example. Before you were supposed to call in and vote, but today in 2008, technology has changed that even now you can text in your vote to vote for your superstar.

I think cell phones are important and are required for almost every American citizen. They could be used in emergencies like if you’re stuck or lost in a city you’ve never been too. But today in high schools, cell phones are being misused, student’s are abusing them and disobeying the school staff and texting their friends. I think this isn’t proper for a student learning and discovering what they want to be when they grow up.