Cellphones on Campus

The third piece in NEWSWORTHY CLIPS this month is titled “Cell phones on campus make cutting the umbilical cord difficult”. Now, that’s a mouthful of a title, but it says a lot about the current situation with university students and their cell phones. Today’s students need to grow up, and not rely on their parents so much. Being away at college is the beginning of growing into an adult, and that means making tough decisions on your own sometimes, and dealing with challenging situations with your own mental and emotional resources. Calling mom and dad every time something doesn’t go your way just shows that you're not ready, and it slows down the growth process—in other words, it delays finding out who you really are. Cell phones, or the overuse of cell phones is probably the number one pet peeve for me. I think they should all be thrown into the river. We’ve become slaves to cell phones, and the cell phone companies are quite happy about that. Don’t be a slave to your cell phone, be something special, and interact with those people around you. Look at people around you, talk to people around you, on the bus, while you walk to work, waiting for the subway. Look at people, actually say hello, speak to them, offer to help them. Don’t ignore the angels that are around you everyday. Don’t just spend you life constantly distracted and dominated by this little hand machine. Don’t just spend your life typing meaningless text messages, and making unnecessary phone calls. When it comes to cell phones, we all need to grow up, and give it up.