Maddison-Writing



Would you let your vulnerable child walk the streets alone without a cellphone? Definitely not! We all know how dangerous the streets can be with all these kidnappings lately? I think not!

My first reason is danger on the street. We all know Intermediate aged students like to be independent and go to the shops with their friends or go to the dairy, but in reality, there are bad people out there, really bad and there is a four out of ten chance of your child being kidnapped in Manukau and seven out of ten of these kidnappings would have and could have been prevented if they had a cellphone. We __need__ to take this situation in to our own hands. Give your child a cellphone when they walk around the street!

Another reason why Intermediate aged students should have cellphones is because of confusion! The confusion a student experiences when they don't know if they're being picked up or if their walking and if they are walking where to? Their own house or their Nana's house? Do you see what I mean? Here's a quote from my mum, "If Maddison had brought her cellphone to school it would have been 100% easier when I was picking her up."

Finally, Intermediate aged students need to have a cellphone because of teasing and bullying. Imagine a fifteen year old texting not in text talk but a full length message or even a fifteen year old not having a cellphone. That definitely means nasty comments like: "Hey, Loser! What's your number!" or "Should I text you sometime?" from mean and nasty children!

Do you want your child to be teased and bullied just because they don't have a cellphone?! Do you want to risk your child's safety? Do you want to risk you or your child having a panic attack? Do you want your child to be bullied severely bullied? I say no! All Intermediate aged students __need__ to have a cellphone!