text: Communication problems in school are usually present. In school, some people never get to talk to their friends on the other teams or groups, because with basically everything you are with those people. If you let the students use their phones during free periods or lunch, they would be able to talk to them more, and possibly grow a better friendship. But, if you do go through with this rule, you have to make the students turn off the devices, and remove them from their presence. If you don't the students will have a distraction in their pocket or purse all through the day. If that happens, then the students will become distracted in some of their other classes, and that will horribly impact their grades. So, I think that cell phones or other devices in times when people are not learning or doing other educational activities if completely fine.