Cell Phones are Good: Humphreys is Wrong
by Scott Kimbell

Since the beginning of time mankind has been plagued by cell phones.  In the article, "Cellular Dissonance" by Fran Humphrey, she talks about how cell phone use in todays teenagers is the downfall of society and adolesence.  By analyzing Humphreys article this paper will argue that Humphreys is wrong when she says cell phones are destroying society.

First, Humphreys doesn't know what its like to be a teenager in todays society, like when she says "Whatever happened to good old-fashioned human contact?"  Well right there is the problem with her whole article.  She's old fashion and doesn't know what it's like today.  I use cell phones to talk to my friends, but sometimes I can text message them so I don't even have to talk to them that makes it easier because I can just say quickly what I want without having to spend my minutes talking about other stuff.  That's one reason why Humphreys is wrong when she says cell phones are destroying society.

Another reason why the author of the article does not know what shes talking about is when shes talking about cell phones.  In paragraph 13, she says, "Research done by Dr. Phillips at Brown University shows that while cell phone use by high-schoolers has increased, social dexterity is at an all-time low."  I don't know what dexterity is, but I'm sure Humphreys doesn't know what she's talking about, specially since Dr. Phillips probably doesn't even know any high school kids.  Last year I was in high school (now I'm not, I'm sure you know that since your grading my college exam but I could be a sophomore or junior or something) last year in high school we talked on the cell phone all the time but sometimes the principle would yell at us for it.  But we still all graduated so therefore Humphreys is wrong again in saying that cell phones are bad for kids.

Finally, another reason why Humphreys says cell phones shouldn't be made anymore is that the internet and videogames are so big today.  She says that, "Today's kids are increasingly more technologically savvy than adults, due to the over-saturated mileu of video games, the internet, and cell phones (Humphreys 2)".  This just proves my point once again that Humphreys is wrong because video games help society and teenagers because it helps if there's going to be a war and many of the games are war games which help people shoot at targets, like in Iraq.

In conclusion, I have proven that Fran Humphreys in her article "Cellular Dissonance" is wrong because of what she says about cell phones.  I talked about how she's old-fashioned, how she doesn't know about high school kids, and Iraq to prove my thesis.  Therefore, cell phones should be used more often, don't you think?