text: First of all, I would like to defend my decision by saying that learning goes on in classrooms, during class. During free time, time in between classes, and lunch, there is usually no learning or educational content being taught. So, my point is: How can cell phones disrupt learning during the times when there is no learning going on? I understand that we should be kept free of distractions such as cell phones during the time when attention needs to be on learning, and not on incoming calls or texts, but when students aren't learning anything, they should have access to their phones.