The introduction of compter based learning in schools have greatly evolved and improved the way in which students learn. No more stress of too much things on the chalk or white board, as everything has been digitalized, all thanks to technology. Learning has been made easier, less stresful, and less time consuming.
In the midst of all these positivities and good impact to the academic system, there is a handful, probably more than a handful of disadvantages allowing a kid to bring their phones to school.
Inarguably, it is important to make learning easy and fast for the students, but when you think of it from another perspective, it is not all that good.
AI has taken over, literally everything in our world today. Ranging from art to coding, Artificial intelligence is gradually dominating the technological space at large.
Its good to allow student to carry their phones to school for easy learning, but then, there are too many distractions that may come up. Example, a student may be learning with their teachers and decide to navigate out of what they are learning to go and do something else.
The use of artificial intelligence will make a student very lazy. They will not want to study for tests because they have their gadget to rely on. The concept of research will be lost because instead of working hard and going to diverse sites to make research, they will just gpt their way through and get answers without proper citations, and references.
I remember when i was writing my final exams, Nursing and Midwiifery Council Qualifying exams. Inarguably, there was a lot of tension which condensed the air around me.
I could not talk to anyone, let alone do any course representative duties cause' all my mind was to read and pass. I was busy reading inbetween lines so as not to miss anything. Sometimes, i had to read one line twice or three times because the tension did not allow me grab it the first time.
Something made me turn, and i saw other schools, they were laughing and smiling as if they are not for the exams, little did i know they had a trick or should i say, a trumpcard up their sleeves.
Everyone was directed to their respective computer (the exams was computer based. 30 minutes into the exams, i saw phones flying up and down. One of the phones even fell down, and the supervisor saw it but she did not say anything. At that moment, i realized why they paid no mind to their books because of the exams.
Honestly, i was disappointed at the supervisor, but what can I say? When i think of it, i am burning candles at night, stressing my eyes and brain to assimilate while burning more calories than i take in, but there is somebody that will just give One naira or two to the supervisor and they get to do whatever they want in the exams hall. It broke my heart ya'know.
This is more reason why phones should not be allowed in schools. it makes the students academically lazy.
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