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In the recent spate of incidents about students filming their teachers in class and posting them on YouTube, many people have voiced out their opinions whether students should be allowed to bring hand phones especially those with cameras to school.
For me, I disapprove of students filming teachers and putting these videos on YouTube. However, I do approve of students bringing hand phones to school. There are reasons to both sides of the story whether filming a teacher is right or wrong. People who approve of it believe that professionally, the teacher should not be afraid of being filmed, especially since he or she is not doing anything wrong. On the other hand, people who oppose it believe in respecting personal rights. In my opinion, personal rights should come above professionalism. According to professionalism, a teacher should not be afraid as long as she did not say anything wrong. However, the teacher may reveal something personal in class and does not want it to be shared. Also, humans are fallible. We do make minor mistakes sometimes. I do not think that such mistakes should be publicised. For example, you were caught cheating during an exam on video. Then someone posted the video on internet and said “don’t ever trust (your name)”, how would you feel? Teachers have the right to punish students accordingly. Students filming instances of teachers punishing their class mates then, crticising teachers are inappropriate.
However, I believe that banning children from bringing hand phones to school is not a good solution. Many parents would agree that children should still be allowed to bring hand phones to school in order for parents to contact them. Schools have responded to this view, saying students are free to use the school’s phone. However, it is impractical especially when the general office most of the time provides only one telephone for the student’s use. Some of my friends receive phone calls from their parents after school everyday especially during exam periods. I can imagine one long line of students queuing in front of the general office. Some students meet their parents after school. Therefore, the need for hand phones to contact their parents. People may say that public phones are available. However, they are rather hard to find. Using public phones to make a call is more expensive and many a times you will find yourself having to change for ten cent coins before making a call.
Then how do we solve this situation? Schools should implement a system whereby everyday, students will deposit their hand phones in a class safe depository before school starts. The lock combination to the safe depository will only be known to the teachers and the class monitor. Students will not be allowed to use hand phones during lesson time unless he or she has a valid reason that is approved by the teacher or monitor. Other than that, students are only allowed to retrieve their hand phones during recess, lunch or after school.

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