In an article Community Magazine, (page 60) which deals with the Jewish community in Brooklyn, one of the articles discusses the "dangers of the cell phone".
What?!
Okay, I can understand that it's not a good idea to give pre-teens (ages approximately 7-11) cell phones, because simply that they would not know how to use it and would end up probably breaking it. But the article says that the principal of a certain Jewish high school (which I do not/plan not to attend) which shall henceforth remained unnamed, says that cell phones, specifically smartphones, such as Blackberries and Palm phones, are especially dangerous.
I am the proud owner of a wonderful Palm Centro, and I love it. As a commuter, I use the phone's games to entertain myself, the music player to listen to music, the news application to look at Dear Abby, the very clear speaker to talk to family and friends, and the QWERTY keyboard to send text messages to family and friends, and use the excellent camera to capture memories. I believe that I have legitimate uses for this phone.
Those are those my personal uses. The principal I mentioned above heads a high school, and obviously teenagers will be going places by themselves, and they need some way to stay in touch. My mother is specifically mortified of me going out on Saturdays, simply because I have no way of letting her know where I am. How can said principal think that cell phones are bad?
On that note, happy Passover!
