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                                                                          Smartphones makes you dom stupid dumb

 Sharing a classroom desk with 6 other design students and trying to concentrate may sometimes mean you just end up scribbling on your notes or writing letters or just plain bbm-ing.

Research show that the average student’s grades have dropped with a staggering 20% on average once introduced to a smartphone.

One may argue that some students are more prone to use a phone during a lecture to keep busy/ procrastinate - or as someone said “to keep my social life up to date”

REALLY???!!!! Are you serious??????!!!!!

Then the next argument occurred. Why do you “NEED” your smartphone to keep your social life up to date? Since when is it acceptable to rather type a conversation than talking to the person themselves?

Further research shows that the modern student is much shyer than the average student in 1980’s. They seem to think in very typing terms (abstractly) rather than logical terms.

A poll done on first year design students said that:

0% put their phones off when driving

5% put their phones off during lectures

64% are texting whilst driving

94% are texting during a movie or a conversation

98% said that the first thing to do in morning it to check your phone for updates

70% Eat with their phone next to them

90% said they can’t live without a phone
76% said they feel insecure when their phone is switched off

On a lighter note here are some fun facts about smart phones:

So…… if you are in a lecture or simply just chatting to someone- don’t be rude and answer the bbm or sms right away unless it is like life threatening or something rather important.

Just for curiosity- click on the link at the bottom and find out how addicted you are to your phone…

 Oh and another thing- be smarter than your smart phone and keep up your grades!

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Just take the quiz on the link below, I now you are sooooo curious to find out, to see how addicted you are to your smartphone...http://www.noanxiety.com/tests/cell-phone-addiction-test.html