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Cell Phones in Amerikan Skools

The oppression in JCPS Schools (Louisville) seems to be a major problem, and therefore, that's why they react like monarchist reactionaries at any hint or whisper of any threat to the status quo. A Black man standing at a podium saying the word “change” over and over again was enough to scare some. Or streets full of Black folks with smart phones, filming the police riots in Ferguson, Missouri right now. JCPS is famous for being the school system that got Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned (SCOTUS, 2006).

Louisville media reported that a JCPS teacher (unnamed in the article) tried to physically take the $200 device from a student who was “caught” using it during their class. During the ensuring incident, the student was pissed off about the thievery of his expensive personal property, and said so. “[Garrett Worful]'s teacher asked him to stop using his cell phone in class. He then threatened his teacher to the point where the teacher had to leave the classroom for her safety. When officers arrived, they say Worful continued to fight when school officials and police.” “Police were eventually able to get handcuffs on him and take him to jail. Woful is facing “Assault, Disorderly Conduct, Terroristic Threatening, Resisting Arrest, and Trespassing charges” (WHAS11.com, 2012). This incident occurred at Southern High School on Preston Highway in Louisville.

Since we live in a Postmodern Era, with the onslaught of the Internet, and the many changes it has brought, many cultural changes have taken place in Amerika. One of those major changes is the use of smart phones. Smart phones can revolutionize a person's life. Like the Internet, only mobile. The possibilities are as endless as the Internet. And that's why everybody in Amerika has a Smart Phone. Schools should either allow Smart Phones in the classroom, or assign mobile devices for the children throughout the day. With school-issued mobile devices, the schools can have great control over the content that's being accessed by the students. Without school-issued mobile devices, then personal smart phones should be allowed, especially considering the empowering democratic potential.

WHAS11.com. 2012 Nov 19. “JCPS student arrested after fight threats over cell phone.” WHAS11. Retrieved from: http://www.whas11.com/news/local/JCPS-student-arrested-after-fight-threats-over-cell-phone-179969531.html


SCOTUS. 2006. “Affirmative Action”. The New York Times (website). Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/scotuscases_AFFIRMATIVEACTION.html

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