text: Another reason is the unsocial aspect of a phone. If the students have already been granted with free time, why do they need the phones. They can just as easily talk to their friends during free time as they can text them. In this modern world kids are already unsocial enough, so don't encourage texting by letting them bring their phones to school. You might have heard of or even seen the classic teenager at dinner with their family texting. They are being antisocial and not talking to their family. Do you really want that at school?