1. The main purpose of “Public Displays of Disaffection” by Anne Kingston is to provide an understanding and awareness of how cell phones are destroying teens and adults daily conversations, social gatherings and dining. There are three main points Kingston uses in this article. One of them is that people use their cell phones at inappropriate times, during this article she stats at the beginning how at a ceremony a “fifty-two year old, who received an honorary doctorate at the ceremony, took his seat…and began typing into his iPhone”. Usually at events like that people would find it rude. But no one did. Most of the graduates, she’s stats were also typing away on there mobile devices. Another point she stats in this article is that most people are very distracted by there cell phones. Even when someone is out for dinner with a friend or family member or even on a date will text, talk, or instagram on there phones. Not even paying attention the person they are with. But it doesn’t only happen during those times at the movies you always see “the distracting glow of PDA screens in theatres” the “loud cell phone conversations in elevators” and rude “multi-taskers [who] holding up lineups”. Cells phones cause many difficulties in relationships and social conversations and concentration. People can’t stand not looking at there for and eighty minute long movie. The last point that Kingston Ottawa Kingston
2. Whenever I am at a movie theater and a cell phone goes off I immediately get mad, to me it’s unfair because they are interrupting something I’m enjoying. Cell phones can be acceptable at but at many times they can't. To me cell phones should not be aloud in classrooms. They are huge distractions. I know it would be hard to ban cell phones from school though because kids wouldn’t care and would still bring them and use them. But personally kids would be better off without them. Cell phones should be used when you are alone or not in conversations with someone, they should be used during breaks or personal times like at home. If you’re not using them on personal times then you’re just shutting yourself off from everything and everyone around you. You make yourself shut yourself out from conversations. Restaurants should ban them completely. It’s the rudest thing when you are asked out for dinner and your date or friend reaches in and texts while you’re eating together. It makes you feel unwanted and alone. At dinner texting shuts you out of everything; it shows you that your date doesn’t really care. Them texting when they are with you, gives you the feeling that they are more interested in the conversation their having on their phone, instead of the conversation you are having with them. I feel like it should be more like Europe North America they seem to be to import to people. I wish people could enjoy what’s around them and not be so occupied by there cells phones and just enjoy there friends, family, surroundings and daily lives.
