Fortier: Cell Phoneless @ CDA High Schools

You see, kids, back in the olden days before you could send “booty” pictures back and forth via cell phones, we oldsters actually had to put pen to paper to find out if “he likes her,” or “likes her, likes her.” And get this: Instead of using punctuation to create sideways smiley faces, we actually used punctuation to … uh … punctuate. Now I expect the kids to whine and complain about having their e-toys e-liminated. So no biggie there. What’s blowing me away are the comments of some of the parents. “What if there is a family emergency?” “What if my child needs to get a hold of me right away?” “What if there is a school emergency?” OK, mom and dad. When you were in school, exactly how many “family emergencies” turned disastrous due to the extraordinary length of time it took for the school secretary to take a phone message and get it to you in the middle of gym class?/ Marty Fortier /Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

Question: How well would you function if your cell phone was taken away?