text: If they are seen with their cell phones out while a teacher is in the middle of an important lecture, unless he or she has gotten permission from the teacher it shall be confiscated immediately. When there are times allowing cell phones to be used, if a student is caught giving answers to a test or talking to someone in class, their phone should be taken up. One thing that bothers me is students cheat using paper all the time but teachers only get upset when it is done over cell phone. I think it's the same information, just being transferred a different way. There is no telling what students say to each other, using notes or cell phones. It could easily be on both. If a student's phone is taken up for them talking to someone, why do teachers not take up paper notes being passed? They are doing the same action, only on a different device.