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Article: CELL PHONES: GOOD FOR EMERGENCIES, OR JUST PLAIN ANNOYING?
- Article from:
- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- December 3, 2006
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On Nov. 7 the Evansville Courier & Press asked local youths to
respond to the topic, "I need a cell phone because a" Ten of the 12
fourth and fifth graders said they needed their own cell phone. Why?
The reason listed most often was emergencies.
Yet children who use cell phones to report emergencies while at
school often wreak havoc. On a June 3 airing of "20/20," school
security expert Kenneth Trump reported that students who have cell
phones often became hysterical during emergencies. The result was a
flood of parents at the school who blocked life-saving response from
fire and police departments.
Still, the indispensable cell phone is making its way into younger
and younger hands every ...