To avoid distractions and cheating, many professors have banned texting in the classroom, while others feel that if students write my paper and paying attention in class, then they will suffer the consequences at test time – assuming they aren’t using the phones to cheat. While it may seem obvious that a distracted student isn’t learning, a bigger problem occurs when texting starts to impact other students who are ready to learn. “The biggest problem is I think it distracts other students as well besides the student who is doing it,” chemistry prof ...   read more