Is technology THAT important?

Is technology truly THAT important? They tell students not to have their cellphones out during class, but teachers be texting and on the cpu while administering a test. Substitutes, give you the work that's due at the end of class, then begin to text on their iPhone. Teenagers believe their cellphones contribute a lot to their social and scholar lives. But to what extent is technology THAT important? Parents buy their children these "exclusive" technology, then blame their children for being rebellious and unattentive. If teachers and parents have such a problem with the use of technology by teenagers then why do they crave the same technology. Are teachers and parents hypocrites to their way of teaching and parenting? We're all hypocrtites to a certain degree, but is the technology ruining all of our minds? Is technology THAT important? To whom is technology more important?