Opinion: Watch where you are walking

Walking to class would be a lot smoother if students would put away their phones and watch where they are walking says columnist Emma Crampton.

Emma Crampton

Walking to class would be a lot smoother if students would put away their phones and watch where they are walking says columnist Emma Crampton.

Emma Crampton, Staff Reporter

When you walk in the hallway, chances are you will see more tops of heads than faces. The reason:cell phones. Not that there is anything wrong with them (or use of them in the hall), but if a student is going to use their phone in the hall they should be able to look up at the same time.

The crowded hallways at school are already hectic enough between classes with all the people go to this place and that place. With students continuing to stare at their phone screen without being aware of their surroundings, more problems than necessary are being created.

Considering the fact that the halls are extremely packed, it is not the smartest idea to be distracted in the hallway. If one person falls, so could the person behind them and so on, creating a domino effect where someone could get hurt.

Besides the fact that you could injure somebody, it is annoying to be walking behind someone who is walking very slow due to their cell phones being their main focus at the moment.

There is only a certain amount of time to get from class to class, so to be tripped in the hall or held back from getting to class on time is an inconvenience that doesn’t need to be.