Throughout the years the school systems has seemed to be getting more open to the idea of kids using their cell phone during school hours. At first they were opposed to it because the cell phones can be distracting for the students and the teachers. It was until September 11, 2001 that things started to change for the safety of our kids. This article talks about how having a cell phone is a good idea in the most part.
The article starts using a parents mind to explain why children should have cell phones. It uses ethos by giving situations where the children might be in danger and how a parents feels every time they cannot have contact with their children. With these situations no parent would want to be in them and that is why cell phones can be a way to prevent anything bad happening to a child.
The author also uses the private school system view. To the private school, cell phones are meant to have by every person in the school. They do have rules to where and when the cell phones can be turned on. During class they have to be off and put out of sight. This shows that it can be compromised for both the teacher and the parent.
The opposing view of cell phones is that it distracts students. It is true that it can and the author wants to show this so the reader can see why it is still a problem in the school system. Education is always important but without being safe you cannot be educated. Having a cell phone for any emergency can change the way things turn out for a person. Safety is always the key in surviving in this world.
If Kennedy uses pathos-inducing scenarios to support his claim that it is a good idea for children to have cell phones at school, then what assumptions/warrants is he making about the values of his audience? That they value their children's safety?
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