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As students were free to carry their phones all day at school, I tried to have them used effectively for research or reading. But such permissiveness was soon taken advantage of. It often seemed like me versus the cellphone. But the other problem is what happens with phones at home at night. Students told me they slept with their cellphones next to them, in case someone texted or e-mailed. If that happened, they felt obliged to respond lest, as one student told me, the texter would think they didn’t like them.Marshall Webb, VancouverCellphone addiction is finally being seen as a public-health issue.
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