Not only does it disrupt a student's ability to learn, but so do those around them. Cell phones and tablets have gotten so many people into trouble during their high school days that it has become almost necessary to take these devices away. If the devices used by students are not being used correctly, then they should not be used at all, especially when they prevent students from learning better skills such as handwriting and social interaction skills. Students have become so close to the idea of ​​technology being removed from the classroom that they seem to be combined as one with their personal devices and letting that device control their thinking. Nicholas Carr said it best when he said, “they provide the things used for thinking, but they also set up the procedure of thinking” (Carr,