So
everything was going along fine, apart from the exams going on, a irritatingly long Physics exam, and the fact that I was eye
droopingly spleepy, when I heard a fifth grader say one of her friends
had brought her cellphone to class.
Let me focus on that.
Cell Phone.
Fifth grader.
Does that even make sense?
I know a tenth grader (Ram) who doesn't have a cellphone.
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Oh, Yeah! |
Why would a fifth grader need one?
Personally, I'm in eighth grade, and I don't even
want
a cellphone, let alone have one. I wouldn't take a cellphone unless it
was on offer with a free Xbox 360 with Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary
edition, Halo 3, Halo Reach, Halo 2, Transfromers War for Cybertron, and
NFS Hot Pursuit. Plus three controllers. And a Wii U. Maybe a PS3 to
top it off.
I wouldn't even buy an iPhone 5 for $2, not even for
the apps (even though thats probably because my family already has an
iPod touch. And I didn't ask for it, either. we got it as a gift.).
You
see, I don't see the reason why I would need a cell when my mom, my
bro, and my dad all have them. I would only use it for gaming, anyway.
Anyone,
even in my M Prakash (Pakku) class asks me immediately "What phone do
you have?" They all have expensive phones like the Samsung wave (Rs.
34,000) or the Star Next (Rs. 24,000). When I say that I don't have one,
they say, "So you're parents don't let you or what?" And when I say
that I don't want one, there are varied replies:
1) "Yeah, right. Stop lying." And they stand there waiting for me to say that it was a big joke.
2) "Why? Are you mad?" And they stand there, waiting for me to explain my mental disease.
3) "No way." And they act like I dropped a bombshell, before walking away to talk with someone else.
I'm lucky enough not to freak someone out of their wits with my logic.
You tell me. Should fifth graders have phones? Should eight graders have iPhones or BlackBerries? Comment!
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Let me go through that order again...... |