Ms. Nelson: Today's question is: should students have to put their phones away during lunch? Rosa, you're for the rule. Go ahead.

Rosa: I think phones should be put away. At lunch, half of my table is looking at a screen instead of talking. Lunch is the only time all day when we can just sit and talk with our friends, and phones take that time away.

Ms. Nelson: Ethan, you're against the rule.

Ethan: I see Rosa's point, but lunch is our free time. Some students use their phones to text their parents about getting picked up, or to finish a reading for class. A rule for everyone punishes the students who use their phones responsibly.

Rosa: But those things can wait twenty-five minutes. And if there's an emergency, you can always go to the front office.

Ethan: Maybe. But what if we tried something in between? Phones could be allowed for the first ten minutes of lunch, and then they go away.

Ms. Nelson: Interesting. Let's hear what the rest of the class thinks.