The average high school day can seem long and boring for a lot of students at San Benito High School, and a big reason for that could be is that they are without their phones for two or three 100-minute blocks. That is, if the students follow the no cell phone policy.
Many students want to check social media or check text messages; the problem in March is that there are basketball games on TV that they can watch on their phones throughout the academic day.
Sophomore Dante Tomasini said, “I watched the March Madness games in all my classes. I still focused I just needed to watch those games.”
Sophomore Trenton Donnely said that he was very distracted with everyone on their phones and it was hard to focus when everyone is distracted around him. Donnely said, “People in my chemistry class were watching games on their phones and it made me mad that they weren’t focusing.”
Chemistry Teacher Carissa Filice says that her students seemed focused during the day, and she tries to keep the class as entertaining as possible. “I think it is my job to make kids want to learn chemistry every day and to teach them to the best of my ability.”
Students in high school will always battle distraction whether it is phones or just a bird outside. It is affecting kids around them and if teachers don’t start cracking down, it will continue.