text: I feel this way because if kids are using them during free times and not during class they aren't hurting anything or anyone. It should be the student's choice to use it when they are not in class. I don't think teachers and other adult authorities have the right to tell us not to use our cell phones when we are not in class. Many kids may have to contact their parents for important issues, so using their cell phone when they aren't in class is a way to let kids communicate with their parents or guardians very easily, plus it is not effecting anyone when they do it.