Discussion #4 ≪Group D≫

Issue: Should the elementary school students have their own cellphones?

Moderator was Anna Jones.
Amy Green, Alex Bell agreed with the issue.
On the other hand, Rie Chein, Kate Hail and Rachel Williams disagreed with it.

【 Supporters 】

Amy  :  She said that the number of crimes is increasing. Children tend to involve crimes during going to school and their house. Cellphones have crime prevention buzzer, so it’s useful for children, but we have to teach correct way to use to children.

Alex  :  She said that she has a son. If he goes to play, she can find him easily by cellphone which has Global Position System (GPS), so she doesn’t have to worry. Besides, she said that she puts the filtering function to cellphones in order children not to go to bad sites.

【 Opponents 】

Rie  :  He said that if children have own cellphones, they will lose much time to play with it and will come not to play outside.

Kate  :   She said that there are many things to learn for children, so it’s bad to waste time by using cellphones. Moreover, she thinks that children should live with their grandparents when disasters cause.

Rachel  :  She said that children use not only phone function but also the Internet and there are many bad sites on the Internet.

Conclusion

We should make family rules which depend on their situation.

I think it was easy to understand what they said because they discuss using easy words, and Anna, the moderator, did great job because she summarized panelists’ opinions perfectly. I can understand discussion thanks to her.