The value of friendships

Had a wonderful conversation with good friend Pat Black the other day.  Of course, we hark back to “the good old days” as well as all the tidbits that get in the news.
We were discussing the discussions school boards and educators are having, about what they can do about students and the overuse of cell phones in the classroom.
Both of us agreed that a simple solution is to ban them in the school room. Why do teenagers need them in the classroom setting?  Any message from home, any excuse for a doctor/dental appointment, must come from the main office first; that is where permission is given, not from a parent on a cell phone.