BANNING OF CELL PHONES IN CLAREMONT SCHOOLS

A recent decision was made by 'officials' in Claremont to ban the use of cellphones in the schools.In another state, newpaper headlines mentioned the 'banning of chocolate milk' as well. Both policies reflect a growing trend to restrict certain 'choices' and 'personal freedom' in this country. I can remember when comic books and certain toys were banned and confiscated when I was in school. Toy guns, jackknives, and other things are also banned today for the most part. TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN, that is the question and a lot of things have led to' certain states of hysteria' among educators, school systems, state and local governments as well as teachers and parents and has resulted in many extreme, well-intentioned, no doubt, consequences but none of these things have really solved the problems of education or of schools in this country as yet and never will, despite a growing trend of both radicalism and conservatism that pit segments of the populace against each other in the name of education.