text: Another reason why is because they are annoying. Like for instance, I was in the middle of class at the peak of learning and then all of a sudden a random ring tone started going off because someone did not turn off their phone. Over twenty-five percent of students have had that happen to them. I mean if students were allowed to use phones in school, it would be a world of ring tones and they would never be focused and the future of America would be doomed.