The Impact of Mobile Phone Use on Education

The presented picture reflects a common trend in the way people are educated nowadays. In this picture, the mother is going to walk her son to school. But according to the son, he doesn’t really need to go to school since the phone in his hand already knows everything. The picture reveals the impact of mobile phone use on education.

Can mobile phone replace traditional class in school? I don’t think so. First of all, students can develop their own way and habit of learning under the guidance of the teachers, which can benefit their life-long learning. Secondly, every subject of education in school is systematic¹, such as Chinese, mathematics, science and philosophy. Education should not be considered as information fragments that we randomly² collect on the mobile phones. Last but not least, students can have exact face-to-face communication with their teachers and classmates, which will help to cultivate their communicative abilities.

In conclusion, mobile phone use is a convenient way of obtaining information, but it is still necessary that we attend school to get formal education.