<p>Nobody should worry about kids without smart phones standing out because everyone got their phones free from Best Buy? Seriously? Somehow I doubt that.</p>
<p>I’m 25 and still don’t have a smart phone, mainly because I don’t think it’s worth $50 a month for a data plan. </p>
<p>And what exactly does the teacher have them doing on their phones that’s so useful? I’m just really against singling kids out, and I think this situation is really different from loaner calculators. Most high school kids have a phone and keep it with them, while they might forget a calculator at home. And isn’t the teacher also using up some of their data? The idea of having kids use smart phones for lesson plans just seems like a really privileged mindset to me, and I’m not sure that it’s an entirely necessary and relevant lesson unless they’re actually learning about phones.</p>