No more iPods at school...

[PimpyMicPimp]

Apparntly some kid put answers to a test on his so offically we can't have them, only two of my teachers enforce it though so it really doesn't matter.

[Kristiano]

Yupp, that was really worthy of a thread.

They have a rule, I'm not going to follow it.

OK.

[z_master011]

MP3 player have been banned in our school for a few years now, but there were some teachers who don't really care. This last year, I was flipping through the handbook and noticed iPods were specified; except they used "I-PODS". Then this last year, almost all of the cool teacher who didn't care about iPods left.

[PimpyMicPimp]

Originally posted by Kristiano
Yupp, that was really worthy of a thread.

They have a rule, I'm not going to follow it.

OK.

Do you feel bigger now?

[ChaoS24]

lol

[Quillz]

So what happens when the next kid puts the answers to a test on a sheet of paper? Will pen and paper be banned? What about when he puts the answers on WinXP Notepad? Will computers be banned?

[ipodphoto30]

actually i've thought up of a plan like that before. how did he manage to get caught though? BTW i've never actually used the plan, i'm not even allowed to use it during class. onyl in the morning and afterschool.

[iwouldect]

Originally posted by Quillz
So what happens when the next kid puts the answers to a test on a sheet of paper? Will pen and paper be banned? What about when he puts the answers on WinXP Notepad? Will computers be banned?

you can't really compare paper to an ipod.

[punk_r0x]

Pssh, with all the effort he probably had to go through to get the answers on there, he probably wound up knowing the material anyways. Banning iPods is comparable to banning paper I think, if the teacher can't pay attention and see the kid fiddling his iPod during the test, how's she going to catch a kid with a cheat sheet? Better ban paper, and pen too they might write the answers on their arms. Sure you could say an iPod isn't needed at school but what the heck, I bet it keeps the kids quieter during lunch.

[jhollington]

My wife is a teacher, and I know of a number of schools that have banned the use of iPods in class which I feel is completely reasonable, since you're supposed to be paying attention. Of course, the enforcement is up to the teachers themselves, so there are some who allow for the use of iPods during quiet study time or when working on individual assignments.

However, I don't think it's reasonable to ban iPods throughout the school completely, as long as the students are adhering to the rules about not listening to them in class or during other times when it would be prohibited.

[PimpyMicPimp]

Originally posted by jhollington
My wife is a teacher, and I know of a number of schools that have banned the use of iPods in class which I feel is completely reasonable, since you're supposed to be paying attention. Of course, the enforcement is up to the teachers themselves, so there are some who allow for the use of iPods during quiet study time or when working on individual assignments.

However, I don't think it's reasonable to ban iPods throughout the school completely, as long as the students are adhering to the rules about not listening to them in class or during other times when it would be prohibited.

I agree with that for the most part, but I do think iPods should be aloud in class when, for example, you are doing math work. I actually concentrate better when I'm listening to music and doing math since it blocks out all the other distractions and I can concentrate. It's not the end of the world if I can't listen in class but I love it when I can.

I've also thought about putting answers in lyrics or in notes or something, but it really wouldn't work that well. Try being sneaky while you pull and iPod from your pocket, scroll throught it, all the while with your head looking down. It wouldn't work.

Update about the ban: 2/5 of my teachers actually enforce it so it's no big deal.

[Derek McNelly]

I've caught my school on technicalities multiple times.

9th Grade - Used the term 'Walkman' as a generic term, tried to take away my Panasonic CD Player, and I told them Walkman is a trademarked product name.
I won.

The next year, the rule book specified "Portable Radios, Cassette, or CD players."

10th Grade - Tried to confiscate my MiniDisc. Told them it was not specified in the code of conduct.

I won, yet again.

The next year the code of conduct said "Portable radios, CD, Cassette, MiniDisk players, or Ipods".

11th Grade - Attempted to confiscate my Creative MuVo. Told them that iPod is a trademarked term describing a specific product.

I won.

The code of conduct now states "Portable music players of any kind."

However, this only applies to school time. As far as lunch, the walk to, and the walk from school, they have no juresdiction.

But I still sneak my MuVo into class.

[PimpyMicPimp]

^ lol good job. That's awesome how you managed to win so many times. Fight the power!

[WestFootball_74]

lol... too funny... lamo...

[Fergi]

Hahaha, beautiful. In the code of conduct in my school, it says "all portable music players"...but nobody really ever enforces it.

-Chris