tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343716143682288385.post8464058086603464209..comments2024-03-29T16:13:03.501+09:00Comments on The View From Over Here: Children and Cell Phones조안나http://www.blogger.com/profile/18436544214416169575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343716143682288385.post-88418416744548578342010-03-22T12:17:41.428+09:002010-03-22T12:17:41.428+09:00Time to buy one of those cell phone blockers - I&#...Time to buy one of those cell phone blockers - I've always dreamed, when I was in Seoul, to own one, and turn it on in the subway... In a class it'd make a lot of sense.ddahttp://sungnyemun.org/wordpress/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343716143682288385.post-6325883170406831012010-03-21T11:29:01.049+09:002010-03-21T11:29:01.049+09:00Yea, you guys are right. The need to compete with ...Yea, you guys are right. The need to compete with their peers, and their parent's acceptance of this fact leads to a lot of it. It reflects on the parents too, what might other parents say if they don't give their kids a cell phone? Maybe they don't have enough money, or maybe they don't care enough about their kids to give them a cell phone. Moms at home are always competing with one another too...조안나https://www.blogger.com/profile/18436544214416169575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343716143682288385.post-58808672836270878232010-03-21T08:26:18.529+09:002010-03-21T08:26:18.529+09:00I think cell phones are so much cheaper here, espe...I think cell phones are so much cheaper here, especially if they get the family deal? I'm not sure. I know that I don't like my elementary students playing with their phones in my class. I've actually taken a few phones from students in class. Hopefully they'll soon learn that it's not cool to play with them in English class. <br /><br />With the way students are always on the go here, to different hagwons and such, I can see how parents would want their children to have some way for the parents to be able to access them and vice versa. Add that to the competitive nature of Koreans, and it makes sense. If Minji has this phone, then my child should have a better phone, right? LOL... <br /><br />Just another reason to love Korea!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343716143682288385.post-39133342809736220672010-03-21T02:05:19.211+09:002010-03-21T02:05:19.211+09:00The problem is, that, kids don't have any idea...The problem is, that, kids don't have any idea of the costs involved in these sort of things. Once their friends start sending them text messages, they'll start sending them back, and all of a sudden they'll have used up all their minutes...조안나https://www.blogger.com/profile/18436544214416169575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343716143682288385.post-50922479889935345222010-03-19T11:16:17.841+09:002010-03-19T11:16:17.841+09:00OMG, Min Gi and I just had a discussion about this...OMG, Min Gi and I just had a discussion about this. I was saying that elementary school is DEFINITELY too young for cell phones because the kid should never be anywhere you don't know. Once the kid can go walk downtown to meet his/her friends, I would loan them one of the parental cell phones. And so on.<br /><br />But Min Gi was like "Well what if everyone else in their class has one?" And I was like, "So?" But then I realized being the odd one out in Korea is a social death sentence.<br /><br />I still wouldn't let my elementary kid have one. But, if we were living in Korea, I would consider allowing a MATURE and RESPONSIBLE child to get a pay by the minute phone if we were living in an area where they could walk around or take public transportation (like Korea).Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03708273691893291730noreply@blogger.com