text: Students should always be carrying their phones, even if they are turned off, mainly because of emergencies. In middle school, students are no longer allowed to go around the hallways with a friend, but that is exactly why they should have some type of communication with someone else, in case something happens. When a parent wants to communicate with their child as soon as possible, or vise-versa, they are obviously going to do it through they child's phone, even though they both know that it is not supposed to be done this way. During emergencies, like the killings there have been in schools, the way that the students have been able to communicate with their families or with the police was through their mobile devices. Your cell phone can literally save your life, and the ones of others.