What Cell phones are REALLY Used For At School

"Pupils at East London's Stirling High School have used cell phones to video vicious attacks and horrific fight scenes among uniformed Grade 8 children on school grounds."

"Three video clips ... show how pupils, among them two girls, viciously attack a fellow pupil in a free-for-all fight. In one scene, two girls lie on top of the third, delivering fist blows to her head." - The full report is here

The disturbing thing about this trend is that if anyone tries to break up the fight, they are discouraged. It seems that having such scenes on a cell phone increase the popularity of the phone's owner. Some pupils even seem to pick fights just so that they can be caught on camera.

I am really so sad! What kind of sick society are we living in that glorifies and even encourages such behavior? Most of the fights seem to be about stupid stuff like accusations of "boyfriend stealing", name calling, and just outright bullying.

It seems as if our kids are not being trained to control their emotions, combined with the belief that it's OK to sort problems out with the use of force or violence. This begs the question - What are they being taught at home? What are they watching on TV? They are certainly not being taught self-control, morals, or just plain socialization skills. This may be aggravated by both parents working, and the babysitter being Mr. Playstation. Is it that parents have abdicated their authority, and passed their responsibility over to the school system? I believe so - and it's this that makes me so sad ...

On a lighter note, why not use your cell phone for the purpose it was intended - to communicate useful information. Let your School Governing Body know about www.SchoolReportServices.com. This is a service that provides your child's school report card to you the parent, as an SMS text message on your mobile phone. Get your school to subscribe.