Misuse ur cell & lose it!

Cell phones are becoming so popular among teens that school administrators are starting to monitor use more closely. Some states have made laws against students using communications devices in public schools. But in Islamabad, school administrators simply take phones away when they find students talking on them in the halls or in class. Kids hear the message loud and clear: You use it, and you lose it. “Respect for all people and property is one of the four major school rules at Lahore College,” said Qasim Chaudry, head of Upper School (that’s like a high school principal). “To use a cell phone during class time would only serve as a distraction to that environment.” Even though most kids have cell phones for the sole purpose of checking in with their parents, there has been a shift in the true need for the phones. The focus is rapidly changing from personal safety to simply personal use among teens. In fact, some families are now requiring their teens to pay for any additional personal time they use on the family cell phone plan. However, other parents keep tight reins on cell-phone spending by using plans that operate on prepaid minutes. That means you can’t overspend your budget, but it’s also a very expensive way to buy talk time – typically about a rupee a minute. Aila Pervaiz, an eighth-grader at Punjab University, shares a cell phone with her sister. “Since my sister is older, she usually has it. I only get to use it if I'm going out somewhere with friends, or if it's urgent, like if I'm going to be late or something.”