The Government Is Probably Spying On You With It Anyways

Electronics are perhaps the most used tools, but also the greatest distraction. It is obvious that the arrival of phones and social media have changed the world we live in and they way we interact with each other. Back when I didn't have a cell phone, which was not that long ago, I would CALL my best friend on our home phones, and we would talk for hours without a care in the world (that also happened to be before Mary Ward, so let's face it, I wouldn't be able to do that nowadays because: UNITS).  Then that got replaced with Skype, and aside from the occasional Skype calls during Minecraft marathons, it was now much simpler to simply use the message feature. And now, when I want to contact a friend or family member, I just text them. 

This definitely caused some loss of face-to-face contact (or more like voice-to-voice) but I actually find that being able to text my friends has infinitely strengthened our bond, and I have more people to talk to than ever before. Back when I had no phone or social media, I saw my friends less, or at least the same, as I do now. I still feel the need to meet up and do fun things in person, and  it's way easier to organize something like that now. 

That said, I still think it is important to limit our use of technology, because too much of anything is gonna end up hurting us. 

Here is a song called 'Get Off Your Phone Song'. Though it is a comedic piece, it accurately pinpoints society's dependence on those little devices (which are getting increasingly big, actually) and raises some good points on why we should not be afraid to give our phones a break.
  

Though phones do pose a big distraction in the classroom, I think that they provide amazing opportunities, and make our learning experience so much better and immersive, especially in Mary Ward, which is something that wasn't possible in previous generations of learning. That is why I think school administrators shouldn't limit the ability for students to use phones during class, because although that might stop them from distracting students when they should be learning, there is no way to limit phones in a way that does not take away some of the in-class benefits. I guess the only thing to do is to trust students to limit their own use of technology! And quoting a verse from the song:

"Get off the phone now, it's gonna be okay, there's no need to be afraid. It doesn't love you, it's gonna die one day, the government's probably spying on you with it anyways"...