Astronomically priced Samsung Galaxy handsets and Apple iPhones aside, the costs of acquiring mobile phones and data plans have been falling steadily over the years. This has in turn fueled the huge surge in mobile phone penetration rates as far as Singaporean users are concerned. These days even young children are given spanking new phones (plus 24×7 connection to the world wide web) without second thought by doting parents.
Previously, mobile devices were rarely carried in schools by students because their exorbitant price tags couldn't be afforded by many. Today it is an entirely different story, as kids are often seen flaunting and fidgeting with their latest purchases. A handheld phone in the strictest original definition should merely serve as a communication tool, but of course it has since evolved into something so much more. No doubt students becoming obsessed with trending online applications and social media sharing have gotten schools frowning, yet MOE has shied away from imposing an irrevocably thorough ban on usage, instead choosing to grant individual schools autonomy to chart their own policies. Consequently overbearing parents will seize every opportunity to "bully" school administrators into making unreasonable compromises over (possibly even getting them to acquiesce to a complete suspension of) enacted rules .
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Previously, mobile devices were rarely carried in schools by students because their exorbitant price tags couldn't be afforded by many. Today it is an entirely different story, as kids are often seen flaunting and fidgeting with their latest purchases. A handheld phone in the strictest original definition should merely serve as a communication tool, but of course it has since evolved into something so much more. No doubt students becoming obsessed with trending online applications and social media sharing have gotten schools frowning, yet MOE has shied away from imposing an irrevocably thorough ban on usage, instead choosing to grant individual schools autonomy to chart their own policies. Consequently overbearing parents will seize every opportunity to "bully" school administrators into making unreasonable compromises over (possibly even getting them to acquiesce to a complete suspension of) enacted rules .
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