IF there was a true need for a student to make a call there are phones available at every school. I have received many calls from my kids from a school phone because they BETTER not use a cell at school. I will agree that where we are talking about "other" locations pay phones are scarce and a bit of yesterday in general. Your basic point is taken however. It really all comes back to teaching right from wrong. There are many other mediums for wrongful activity... I've seen some pretty crude things come right from a copier! Right is right and wrong is wrong. A cell phone or any other "gadget" will never change that...only parents can do that. It has been said here over and over and over and over and over... (oh sorry) again that even proper training can tame a Pit Bull.... cannot the same logic be applied to our children? Just wondering.....