iPods to school?

[AcM0720]

How many of you take your iPods to school for on the bus? I can't, not that i would want to.. We have a few bad kids that i know would steal it (if they even knew what it was lol)
I only take my cd player on the bus, it was a pretty good deal for thirty. Anyways, i just want to know if yall take your ipods to school and where you keep them during hours.
Thanks,
AcM

[SocksRule]

well if you do bring maybe you can get a case for it or something that doesn't advertise that it's an iPod...for example I have a body glove PDA case for mine...if you look at it you would never know it was an iPod...as compared to just my iskin...which pretty much screams iPOD! If I were to bring mine to school I would bring it everywhere I go, my backpack comes with me everyone so that works well for me, but I know not everyone wears a backpack.

[AcM0720]

I think that it was a mistake to tell people that i had one, they might have told the people at my school who take an intrest on pawning precious mp3 players off.. lol maybe ill start taking it to school, when i get a bit older...

[cwalker0]

I take it to school on public transit. I keep it in my backpack which NEVER leaves my sight! I also have other expensive stuff in my backpack, so I'm sure to always keep it with me. Also, I use regular old headphones and keep the unit in my bag or pocket and out of sight.

[AcM0720]

Do you have a lock on your backpack for all your expensive stuff? cause i might consider it if my pack was locked.

[cwalker0]

No, I just keep it on me at all times and never let it out of my sight. Are you in highschool? I know some schools don't let you have your bag in the class. If you have no way of keeping your bag with you, I wouldn't buther with a luggage lock. They're pretty easily broken into.

[AcM0720]

Im not in high school, im in Jr high.
I was thinking a combo lock, one without a key.

[R32_Nakazato]

I shall be bringing mine to school next year. Since I wont have PE next year I wont have to worry about it being stolen while its in the locker. As long as its with me itll be safe.

[shotinthehead]

I'm in the UK and take mine to school everyday, it's been fine. Im in 6th form (thats the year/grade before university) i take it on the walk to school, it keeps my occupied and my teachers are pretty relaxed about me using it in class if i'm just getting on with my work. There are some kids in the school who wouldn't say no to it if it (my ipod) was all alone but i just keep it in my pocket or in my rucksack and don't let it out of my sight. I've got it insured as well just to be sure but still don't want it stolen.

[AcM0720]

Yeah, im thinking about getting it insured.
I have a black gba sp with a black leather case and i leave it in my locker. I doubt that anyone would even know how to break into the PE locks anyway, lol

[Nicholas]

I used to take my old one to school. It was pretty safe. But i never took my mini.

[AcM0720]

maybe ill take it in the future. My school year is almost over anyway.

[DanielWalters6]

Taking a iPod to school can be a risky business![P]I myself have been in the situation of bringing a iPod to school. I wanted to not only listen to the music on the bus, but show it to all my mates that not able to see it out of school hours. In the end I was finally persuaded by my mother against the idea. For example a lot of people will want to have have one. They are soo small, that they are the perfect item to steal. I would advise you not to take it to school

Wally

[Sypher]

Why have something so tiny and portable if you don't take it places with you??! Considering that 5 days a week are spent at school, I could never leave it at home. I just have it in my pocket all of the time.. except when I let my friends use it. I guess everyone knows I have one, because of the headphones. You see the white headphones at my school fairly often though.. quite a few other people have iPods too.

[Shemer]

Sypher's got the idea....why have an extremely portable devide that you payed a lot for, and keep it at home? I'm in grade 10, and my ipod is almost always with me in my pocket. Whenever I have PE class, I just hide it in my locker, besides I don't show off my ipod, so only my close friends know I have one so far(just got it a week or so ago). I'm not scared to bring it to school because I can adequately defend myself if someone were to try and beat me up for it....I weightlift and I'd say I'm stronger then most people in my grade.

[AcM0720]

Ok. Im not going to bring my iPod to school untill it is a few years old.
(I know its off topic, but...) For my cd player i cut a few holes in the hood of my sweatshirt so i can sneak the iPod earbuds up through it. The cd player is in my pocket so all i do is put my hands up to my ears and bam! Right straight out of another boring lesson.

[Shemer]

You're a loser. Go to the gym with ur ipod, lift some weights, put on some muscle, and take your ipod to school.

[robrobdoe]

I'm glad I don't go to your schools

I just keep it on me the whole time and don't show it off and its fine

[Fredi]

same robrobdoe, or i will be when i get one, and yes shemer, good idea, you just keep it with you and unless your real unlucky, not much is gunna happen, depending on your area...

[Darrell]

I bring my iPod everywhere I go. You just have to take good care of it and don't leave it lying around. What's the point of having a PAD if you can't enjoy it whenever, wherever you want?

[Sypher]

I'm glad I don't go to your schools
Haha exactly what I was thinking.. why be so afraid to take your (very portable) iPod with you?

[MusicManiac]

I agree with Darrell. What's the point of having it if you're not going to use it? I think if you have a different pair of headphones, no one has to know you have an iPod. But, I'll pose one more question. I'm going to Washington, D.C. with my school this week, and I don't know whether to bring my iPod or not. We're staying in a Holiday Inn for 3 nights, and I'd have to leave my iPod there during the day. I have a 20GB. Should I bring it?

[Sypher]

^ Why do you have to leave your iPod there during the day? Just keep it in your pocket.

[Darrell]

Again..... Never leave home without it! ;)

[Dropkick715]

I bring mine to school with me everyday. I just keep it in my pocket all day and when I have PE i just put it in my bag and lock the locker. Like someone else said, I am one of the stronger kids on my bus that is mostly filled with younger kids anyway, so im not really worring about someone stealing it.

[amidamaruFlame]

I keep mine in my pocket even in gym tinyTim (my iPod) has never left my sight

[Tris1]

i take mine to school with me WHICH IS WHY I GOT IT!!!:p
I actually carry it in a sock:D because i'm waiting for my case to arrive.
One of the first things that i did was swap the headphones on my cd player for the earbuds. One because my headphones have better base response and two, so no one will ever know that i have a 'Pod:D. The stock earbuds are still sitting in the box, unopened:D

[KoMaN]

The stock earbuds are crap. The plastic off the wiring has came off on both mine and my brother's earbuds.

Anyways, yeah I take mine to school as well, one of the reasons I bought it. I get too distracted if I don't have it on, as the Common Room can get noisy.

[CDz]

i dunno guys taking your precious iPod to school is risky so i'd keep it in my pocket at all times and listen to it on the bus, or the walk home. Avoiding showing it to anybody and have them take it and run.

[droflaneb]

Originally posted by CDz
i dunno guys taking your precious iPod to school is risky so i'd keep it in my pocket at all times and listen to it on the bus, or the walk home. Avoiding showing it to anybody and have them take it and run.

Thats what I do whenever I take mine to school. I also keep it in a case to help hide it.

[hitkaiser]

yea, take it everyday to school, (im in year 13 last year of school), but before the ipod, i used to take my MD as well (2 years ago), my school is fairly small, so there arent really many big brutes (my school by the way is the one where bekham's kids goes to (well often they jus dont come, and where bekam's affair chick veronica loose studied) but yea, theres no problem, what concerned me most was gettin nicked on the journey back home (1.5hours!!! so music is NECESSARY!) during the journey home i just kept it in my pocket, im not really afraid of gettin it stolen, but i do act smartly, its best to use ur ipod accordinly to the situation, e.g if ure walkin down the streer, and u see a group of thugs, its best not to take the ipod out at that moment! (and best not to look nervous or scared)- Remember, if u ever get confronted, fight back verbally, make noise, the more attention u create the more the villans will back off, if anything.. just run away to anyplace public ;)

[smaceab]

I take mine to school, to work, working out, everywhere i go. If you your ipod gets stolen from you at school, or anywhere in public with out you being beat up for it, you probably deserve to get it stolen. If you spend money on an ipod you are 100% aware of it's presence and so are other. If you let you guard down on this precious thing you deserve to get it stolen.

[Tom Morello]

I've had my iPod for nearly a year and take it with me whenever I can (remember). Usually just if I'm walking back from my house for lunch I'll take it and listen to it in the afternoon. I'd like to think at the age of 16, I'm responsible for my possessions, and it rarely leaves my pocket/sight anyway.
If you're too paranoid about losing it then you won't enjoy it half as much.

btw, locks attract more attention to your property than actual protection they provide to it.
Unless you're talking about a big fist sized lock, which I doubt you are.

[odis]

i could leave my ipod in my backpack alone anywhere in the school and i'm sure nobody would steal it, even though people know i have an ipod. people don't steal stuff at my school. good school :)

[Demo]

Actually if you really think about, keeping you iPod in your pocket isn't all that much safer if your scared for it's safety, because i don't know about you but beeing in high school and even when i was in grade school i know me and my friends liked to horse around. So what if you're carring you pod and one of your friends doesn't know you have it on you and pushes you or kind of jumps on you back and you fall and it breaks

[ShanD]

I have no problems with bringing my 'Pod to school. It stays in my pocket for all periods other than gym, where I lock it in my gym-locker, then stand in front of said locker until the gym teacher tells me to leave, then the gym teacher locks the gym doors. Pretty secure there I believe.

[LePierre]

Uhm...
I've got a little problem. On Sunday, our class is going to a "school trip" for a week.

I've got my iPod last week...so, now i'm very careful with it.

I'm sleeping in a room with 5 persons 4 well known, the other, hmm, I know him, but only a bit...the other time of the week we are travelling around with the whole class...on evening, we're going to a small lake (<- the lake makes me nervous...) and then back to the hotel...

But that's not the problem. I'm feared that in the night someone could come and steal it (oh my god, i'm paranoid :D)...

Some classmates know that I've an iPod, but I don't trust them...I also don't know them very well...

And there are some other pupils in this hotel...

Oh my god, please help me to decide if I shall take him with me...

(sorry for my bad english...)

[SlowBye]

Take it with you, if the teachers are suggesting that you bring a music device, say it is the only one you have. Also, to keep you from worrying in the middle of the night, give it to a teacher every night and have them keep it safe after you nicely explain that it is worth hundreds of dollars.

[Tom Morello]

I wouldn't take it, the battery only lasts about 10 hours or less on one charge, I think.
That wouldn't last me half a week, even if I was using it sparingly.

[SlowBye]

I doubt it is an amish hotel, all he needs is his charger and ipod and he's set.

[LePierre]

Yeah, you're right, it's not an amish hotel :)


Then I'll take it with me...

But should I trust the teachers? ;)

(Maybe I also take a lock with me...for the suitcase or my backpack...I've some other valuables there too...

[benski]

you'll get pushed into the river.

[Demo]

Or you could buy a small lockbox, they don't cost that much, or use the safe in the room if they have one depending up the hotel

[LePierre]

Originally posted by Demo
Or you could buy a small lockbox, they don't cost that much, or use the safe in the room if they have one depending up the hotel

Yeah...I think that I've a lockbox at home...good idea, thank you :)

[ibPoding]

During this past year I took my Dell Axim X5 to school every day, as well as on many school outings, band trips, etc. I never had a problem with theft or damage, even though the Dell would sometimes literally get passed around the classroom for everyone to play with.

When school starts this fall I'll have no reservations about bringing my iPod, even though I'll probably only use it as a portable hard drive for moving large Final Cut Pro projects around.

I've found that you get far more enjoyment out of electronic devices if you're not afraid to use them and take them everywhere. When you consider that gadgets such as PDAs and iPods have limited practical lifespans thanks to obsolescence and the finite lives of expensive rechargeable batteries it makes sense to get as much use out of them as you can, while you can.

[jcrockerman]

take it and show it off to all the poor SOBs that can't afford one....show it with pride...who can afford one and who can't...that'll show them...oh yeah..try not to get it stolen..hehe

[Demo]

no problem

[alexzman]

I bring my iPod to school all the time. It's not really a big deal at mine, a number of people have them.

I bring mine and an iTrip and play it though a little radio in my locker in the morning. So theres an entire hall of me and my friends (and anyone else who wants to enjoy) listening to classic rock. Teachers don't really care.

[Louisville]

Right. I've taken my iPod to school for 182 straight school days. It was always in my pocket. Every time I would leave class I would always feel my pockets to see if everything was there. Yeah, I know I am really paranoid about my iPod, but it's like my essential everyday utility. I have never had anyone try to steal it. I try to limit the people who know I have it. Even in gym class when I folded my pants with my iPod in it . . . I locked it up in my locker. I was always the first one in the locker room so when everyone came in I was all ready to go. On the bus it's no big problem, I have only got a couple of responses. I just hate when people bug you when you are listening to music, but whatever. It really attracts girls if you whip it out though. :D I have it raped in my xSkn case which is also in a MacClear case so it was always protected in my pockets.

[Diegoso]

i use my ipod in a middle of a booring class .. i know that is so risky but even trog my teacher see it she dosn't take it

[rjtedge]

I am in yr 12(highst yr level) in Aus, I take mine to school and am not worried. This might be that the school is rather large and therefor have a large number of friends. I know that if anyone take my iPod the stealling #### wont be walking for much longer. One of my best friends takes his 2 school aswell and thinks the same thing

[swy32x]

I used to bring my iPod with me everywhere - until a girl at work got 330 $AUD and a mobile phone stolen, I'm a lot more cautious now, even with the taunts of mates - who I keep telling when they can afford an iPod come and tell me what to do with it

Yer so anyway be very careful with it even around people you think you know

EDIT for sp.

[Melisande]

I'm never going to bring mine to school -- once it gets here -- because the people in my school are a bunch of poor thugs and I trust none of them. (I live in Nowhere, Fla. quite literally, so I've never spotted any signs of iPods in my school) It might be overprotective or uptight or something but I'm paying for it myself, so... *shrugs*

[huggiekins]

i always bring my ipod to school... but i just don't flash it for fear of getting envious looks.. :D but a lot of other students have too.. i always look for those wearing white earphones. haha. yey ipod!

[KoMaN]

I'm like the only person with it. Some people are getting them soon though.

[AcM0720]

lol, thats my situation Melisande, i have had stuff broken and/or stolen on my bus, and i dont trust any of the pot smoking buttheads on my bus. Schools out now though, im bringing mine on a two week RV trip to ND.

[.fill]

I'll be bringing mine to school this coming year. Since I'm in high school and they allow you to bring your backpack where ever you go, I can just keep it in there and make sure it's always in sight. I'll most likely be locking my backpack with a simple lock just to further deter potential thieves.

[LePierre]

I've taken my iPod with me...and anybody has stolen him :D


(The most people didn't even know what an iPod is... :rolleyes: )

[swy32x]

lepierre wat did u mean?
anybody stole him ? :S

[LePierre]

Nobody stole him... :)

Please excuse my bad english...:(

[Melee]

Yeah, I take mine, and one time a kid did take it. I turned around hooked his foot and pushed. It sent him face first into the cement. I was mad :P

[swy32x]

Oh. I would be more worried about people taking it while it was in a locker or something.

Id actually feel pretty safe about it if it was on me

[MasterTCell]

I take mine to school but it never leaves my pocket NEVER and nobody that i dont know very well holds it NEVER and when they do they never go anywhere NEVER keep it close to you like ur wallet watch or epi pen NEVER LET IT NOT BE INCONTACE WITH UR POCET OR EYESITE

[DoktaLuv06]

I do. It's been going pretty good. No one has tried to steal it so far, and I never leave it out of my sight. It's always in my pocket, or in my hand. You should be ok taking it to school, just buy a case or something ;)

[Daan]

The problem with an iPod (well, problem...) is that when you've got the earplugs in, almost everyone knows you've got an iPod. When I was in the train last week, I heard a few bussinessmen saying 'wow, everyone has an iPod in these days!'. So even if you keep it in your pocket out of sight, most people will know you have one when you've got the earplugs in.

But hey, I take my iPod to school anyway :)

[TheGfather]

I take it to school since i walk there and back...i let friends use it too, only when im holding it though. and BTW mine wont get stolen cause 1. i know some people and 2. its constantly with me

[KoMaN]

Yes, damn those distinguishable earphones!

I take mine to school all the time. But I don't listen to it that much, only in my free periods.

[Elithrar]

Bought it yesterday, but won't begin taking it to school until my final exam for this semester, on Friday. However, I'll be taking it pretty much all the time, to listen to during the breaks and in some classes whilst working.

[raine]

Way to nail the kid that stole it. That's my favorite story thus far. I'll be taking mine everyday. On tests, on the way, with an iTrip when my chemistry teacher (I'll be taking AP, which means I have the same one,) turns on the radio to make us feel peaceful. That'll be great. I'll certainly use it about 6 hours a day. All 15 sweet gigs. And I'll have to stop taking naps during class, so kids don't take the opportunity to steal my iPod. Jerks. I like napping. I'll be buying some Grado Labs. A: because the sound they give beats ANYTHING I've ever heard and B: They could just go to a cd player, not a $300 iPod. Also, I'll be putting the earbuds with my cd player. That way, people try to steal that, and I'll hunt them with a compound bow. Because cd player thieves should be hunted with a compound bow.

[angryleprechaun]

Compound bow? I prefer to burn out their eyes with hot pointed sticks.

Don't forget to fill the smoldering eye-sockets with warm buttermilk.

[russellelly]

I'll be taking mine, but with some black headphones and it in my inside zipped pocket of my jacket.

[Elithrar]

This is why we all want this (http://www.burton.com/Burton/gear/products.asp?productID=729). Saw it in the fashion section of my monthly mag last night, and wanted it since. Too bad it costs AUD$900.

[Sindeqiual]

never ever ever..its my baby

[zena]

i will be taking mine because i have a half hour walk to and from school each day

[xboxman]

lol, Shemer got the right idea. I know violence doesnt solve anything, but I wouldnt hesitate to hurt the guy who is trying to take something so expensive of me. Whatever happens, happens, but if it was stolen from me, what my parents would do to me would be worse than anything some punk could do ;).
Anyway, I dont exactly like the idea of taking my ipod to school only to risk it being stolen, but it is a PORTABLE player....
The thing is, alot of people may think that if it is out of sight you would be ok, but around my school, ive known people to lose expensive phones (like the sonyericsson P900, samsung e700 etc) because they have been searched by a group of #######s. Knowing the people that I do, my 'pod will probably be safe but i still dont want to risk it.

[Tom Tryon]

i take mine to school on the bus and practically evryone knows i have one but i havent seen anyone even with intent to steal it. We have a safe in PE changin rooms so if i aint got it on me its in a safe - pretty SAFE

[angryleprechaun]

But remember. In Soviet Russia the iPOD steals you.

[White_Mage]

I don't ride the bus to school, my mom drives me. and as far as carying it around with me? I always cary my bag with me at all times any way. And like someone said, if you don't advertise to the whole school population that you have one, you shouldn't run into the problem of stealing. I don't think i'll bring it to school with me too often, unless i'm aloud to listen to it in all of my art classes, because other wise iw ouldn't have time to listen to it...besides lunch. But whatever you chose to do, my advice is to hide it and use normal headphones when you are afraid of people finding out and stealing it

[webbyboy]

I would dump it inside my sling bag and clip the remote on the bag strap .. :p

[Obisidan]

I might take it sometimes, but even though I let a bunch of my friends know, I'm gonna act as if i never got one, maybe somepeople will believe me. The less people that know the better. I'll probably get a case, and leave it in my pocket, cause i can always tell if I'm missing something.

[kazuki]

I listen to mine on the way to school, listen to it during my breaks and lunch, listen to it during some classes (the best part is the teacher doesn`t mind :cool: ), and on the way home from school. Usually by the end of the day, I have used up most of a full-charged battery (my school ends late). I have no problems with everyone knowing I have it, as no one in my school would ever steal something from somebody else except maybe for food (no, it`s not a school for the mentally ill...).

[knekten]

Why would somebody at your school steal your ipod? It's a fellony, and it's not _that_ expensive. Nobody at my school would ever steal something! I might add that i go to a private school, so people got money.
If you get robed in a dark street (highly unlikely) they stell all you have anyway. Have had my p800 for over 1.5 years now, and nobody stole it yeat.

Btw; why do all of you guys get a ride with your mom to school? Here (Norway) that would be quite extrordanery ^^

[RocDaMicRite]

Since its summer. I cant take it to skewl since i dont go to skewl. But i use to. when I went to skewl.

[Elithrar]

Must add to all those worried about their iPod getting stolen; keep it on your person, don't flash it around too much, and just listen in peace. Was great for when I finished my last exam of the semester, and had to wait around for 40 minutes for my lift home.

Took my 'pod to school today, and it was fine. I've had three mobile phones; my current one is worth quite a bit, as was my previous one. Never had a problem, and the only attempt to steal it was when one kid searched my bag in the change rooms whilst I was out playing sport. Stole a packet of gum, but I kept the phone on my person. At least he has minty fresh breath!

[kazuki]

I bike to school, and the town is very small so I don`t have to listen for traffic or anything. It`s nice listening to the iPod in the morning.

[miPod 555]

I take mine to college classes all the time for listening in between classes...IN classes sometimes...and in the car on the way there...having thousands of songs in your palm will never lead to boredom no matter where you are:D

[BigIzz]

I used to use mine quite a bit in college. Good way to kill time between classes.

[cpn.luckycharms]

i bring mine to school, and no one cares, theres even a few people that have an ipod in AZ, i mean, last year, i was a freshman, and i had PE, and i was worried while it was in the locker, it would get stolen, it never did.
Listen, all you have to really do, is never leave it in a backpack unattended, even for like a minute. If you dont have PE then keep it in ur pocket, its little and light, i dont know why anyone wouldnt bring it to school

[UTEP_MinerPod]

I always take mine to school. I see a few white buds around campus from time to time, and I actually share it with some of my best friends. The only time I'll leave the 'Pod in my locker (perks of being a music major, you get a locker in college) is when it's time for marching band. I've never had a problem taking Eleanor on campus.

Originally posted by angryleprechaun
But remember. In Soviet Russia the iPOD steals you.
God, that was a horrible /. flashback... kill me now!!

[Budenski]

I plan on using my ipod at school. my reasons. i took my iPaq to school everyday last year used it daily(my H.S. has wireless T3) and no one ever thought about taking it. the reason, we have over 15 laptop carts(20 centrino 1.5's), school issued tablet pc's for some teachers and students. projectors with smartboards(interactive whiteboards), and a heck of a lot other things to take. my school was the intel model school of 04 and hitachi beta school of 03. if someone wanted to make a quick buck, they would go into a classroom during lunch and take a tablet or two. thats my take on this.

[jbaker12]

I bring mine to school and actually leave it in my locker in my backpack...

[mxu57]

I (will) keep it in my pocket when I get it...

...next to my Swiss. (oh shush!)

[toothpaste]

acm0720- might be smaller then the rest of the people he goes to school with. what about when all of you that take the short bus to school get off the bus? Then what do you do if the kid that wants to take it from you is bigger and stronger then you? You are gonna get hurt and lose your ipod.

acm0720 - use good judgement and if you don't feel comfortable taking your ipod to school, then don't.

[tink9999]

maybe it's just me and i'm too trusting in other people. i had my ipod with me on deployment. due to where i worked at most people in my unit knew that i had one and knew what days it was in my tent. yet nobody bothered it and it's back home with me now. as a side note, there were some things throughout the deployment that were stolen, but nobody bothered my ipod. now it goes everywhere with me and only occasionally is it hard to locate

[Stevie61]

Well last year before i had my iPod i took my net md walkmen to school all the time let the girls lisin to it and i didn't really care i left it in my locker and took it out to lisin to on the bus.But now seening as my iPod was double the price of my md im not takin it to school for 2 reasons one which was already mentiond and 2 because in my new school they don't have lockers and i'd have to keep it in my backpack which isn't very hard to gain acces too.

[phr3do]

right now im in summer school ... cuz im stupid, lol. but my teacher doesnt care if we listen to music in there. she sais that summer school is optional, she doesnt care if u go there to waste her time and no learn anything. either way, she gets payed ... the school gets payed for having 1 more student in there.

besides, i took this class already last year. just doing 2nd semester of it. so its all review to me. just sit there listen to music.

[UTEP_MinerPod]

Originally posted by phr3do
right now im in summer school ... cuz im stupid, lol. but my teacher doesnt care if we listen to music in there. she sais that summer school is optional, she doesnt care if u go there to waste her time and no learn anything. either way, she gets payed ... the school gets payed for having 1 more student in there.

besides, i took this class already last year. just doing 2nd semester of it. so its all review to me. just sit there listen to music.

Wow, your teacher really sucks! When I went to summer school in Middle & High school, the teachers were always encouraging; they wanted to see us get the Hell out of there and be successful so we wouldn't have to do the same classes again.
Alas, fo course, that came at the expense of no personal audio... i.e. no CD players in my time, no iPods these days. Hey, at least I never had to take whatever math I was on again!!

[Doug Gilmour]

I always have it with me at school. I never leave home without it. I don't see a point in having it if you are going to be constantly worried about it being stolen. I just keep it in my pocket always and its been fine for a year. It never leaves me so it can't really get stolen.

-Dan

[Stevie61]

Yeah im thinking if i take it to school im just gonna keep it in my pocket all day.That would mean i'd have to use the craptacular iPod buds instead of my sony headphones.

[jeff25624]

I'm heading off to college this year, and I don't plan on letting my iPod out of my sight. Either I'll always have it with me, or I'm going to put it somewhere very hidden, like in my dresser under the socks. The same will go for my iBook, though I don't think I'll be putting it under my socks :)

[CRichard2000]

Four things I cary with me when ever I go to class is my wallet, keys, my plam, and my iPod. My iPod is never out of my sight. But to my surprise I see a lot of people walk around campus with iPods as well.

[swy32x]

I am thinking about taking it to school now, because I didn't really see the point, as I walk to the bus and home with 2 of my friends, probably should concentrate more in class anyway, and I play sport at lunch.

But, if I needed to bring it to school I would, just stick it inside my school blazer pocket and dump it in my locker during lunch break and recess.

No big deal really, just choose not to bring it as I don't think it is worth the risk for 5 mins of play time between classes.

[KoMaN]

Don't you have free/study periods Snowy? Or are you in year 11?

At my school we do. It's actually more easier to concentrate with it on, then listen to the sounds of people talking in the common room.

[mikeeg]

i take my ipod to college every day use it at breaks and all, and on the train to and from

[Gumpraider]

I only take mine with me, when I'm forced to go to school by bus, because my dad needs my car. If i'm using the car I got my burned album of the week and so there's no need to take the iPod with me. If I'm going by bus I take the iPod, it makes the long ride a lot more comfortable, without all this noise around you.

[swy32x]

Originally posted by KoMaN
Don't you have free/study periods Snowy? Or are you in year 11?

At my school we do. It's actually more easier to concentrate with it on, then listen to the sounds of people talking in the common room.

Nar no free periods here :(

But when I do get free periods I will bring it all the time - I agree with you about it being easier to concentrate with my music, it also helps with homework!

[Leoml88]

Originally posted by AcM0720
Do you have a lock on your backpack for all your expensive stuff? cause i might consider it if my pack was locked.

wtf? My high school has, like, no security measures whatsoever. No dresscode, no uniforms, no nothing. People just do whatever they want.

Are you talking about private schools?

[unknownsoldier]

Kid at our school got suspended for stealing 2 ipods. this is a school where people have walked in and opened up with blot cutters peoples lockers and taken laptops out (veryone at our school has a laptop). i figure, if i have 3 grand of laptop on me, what a $400 ipod gonna do?

[!Novak!]

I take my ipod mini to school, i may not do it so much though anymore, my science teacher caught me with my ipod on, she snapped it out of my hands and nearly threw it across the room, bloody ##### (thats b l o o d y b i t c h, just incase it blanks it out). and so yeah, not a very happy experience that, i hate her, but you know, i got it back and all is well for my little ipod:Dits so cool!! i wish aussie schools were like american ones, no uniform, teachers are fairly laid back, not here though, so frustrating, tuck in ur friggen shirt!! its so annoying but yeha hehe,

dev

[Elithrar]

Tuck in your shirt? In primary school, perhaps, but definitely not in high school. Or, rather, not yet; the ever increasing size of the iron fist that are some of the teachers in this school may cause it to fall.

Got the same math teacher now for both my Geom. & Trig and Intro. Calculus classes, so it's 'pod time everytime. Same for my Digital Media class, and English, if I'm discreet with the earbud placement.

[jedk]

I'm an Aussie too by the way and we have the same strict dress code rules at my high school in NSW... not that many of us adhere to the rules when there's no teacher present ;p

Anyways... I take my iPod mini to school every day and listen on the bus, and depending on what class I have during the day I can get away with listening to it in class. If it's a teacher who I can't get away with listening, then I can usually still play Solitaire or something if I keep it hidden well enough :D

[Paveway3]

Look if someone takes your ipod then put them in the hospital. It will teach them not to steal things.

[)x(miPod)x(]

i couldnt go a day in skool wthout my iPod, it has so many uses:
On the bus
In classes
Recess
Detention!
In Between classes
I couldnt live in skool w/o music

[Ed_14]

[i]Originally posted by knekten [/i}
Btw; why do all of you guys get a ride with your mom to school? Here (Norway) that would be quite extrordanery ^^ [/B]

I wish my mom would drive me to school I hate public transit sooo much. And My School is too far to walk

[wiggle_puppy]

i take mine to school,,, it never laves my pocket and its great.

[MuzakMan]

I take mine to school, and if people try to steal it, I goddam stab them.. :D Just kidding...

Just wait till you all get to college. You can do whatever you want there, and no one cares. If you sit in class, with an iPod on your desk, and white earbuds in your ears, many teachers wouldn't blink an eye.
You're there because you want to be, and they know that, and they leave you alone.

I will take my iPod to school everyday. I go to a huge university, and I skate all around campus. I took my Archos piece of crap every day, and just got my iPod this summer, so it should be fun to actually have a decent music player with me.

Peace out! :D

[jedk]

Originally posted by MuzakMan
Just wait till you all get to college. You can do whatever you want there, and no one cares. If you sit in class, with an iPod on your desk, and white earbuds in your ears, many teachers wouldn't blink an eye.
You're there because you want to be, and they know that, and they leave you alone.I can't wait for that moment :D

[Sypher]

I'm an Aussie too by the way and we have the same strict dress code rules at my high school in NSW
Practically all the schools in England have uniforms/dress codes too..
Its really lame getting detention for stupid things like wearing trainers. How does what footwear you have on affect your education?

[Shadow Skill]

Just wait till you all get to college. You can do whatever you want there, and no one cares. If you sit in class, with an iPod on your desk, and white earbuds in your ears, many teachers wouldn't blink an eye.
You're there because you want to be, and they know that, and they leave you alone.

Thy Doth Speaketh the truth Muzakman, I am actually very glad I got my first real music player AFTER high school (I'm in the states. :( [the frown is thanks to the current president.] I know that when I brought my brother's cd player security would always tell me to put it away etc. At my university they don't give a damn although I do usually turn it off whenever the proffessor (Did I spell that last word right?) starts talking out of respect for him or her. And unlike some people I actually lower my music if I happen to be listening to it during a lecture. I just wish high school had been more like this.

[MuzakMan]

Yeah. I think it's better this way though. The immature kids had to deal with mean high school teachers, and then when (and if) they ever reach maturity, they can enjoy the freedom of college. If high school was like college, nothing would ever get done.

I never listen to my music during class, because I actually enjoy my classes! It's nice to be able to do whatever though. I'm in California, and wear sandles every day, and skate all around campus, and bring my skateboard into class, and no one cares. Much better than high school. Most of the teachers are halfway intelligent too, which is a nice change.

I'm not a huge fan of our president either... But that's another thread...

[ANewFoundPride]

Ive brought my ipod to school for about a month and nothing has happened to it.....yet.....

[Kid Emo]

i bring mine to college. the car ride there, walks to class/breaks and sitting in class (i get there way early) and tuning out all the chatter of dormers. if they show up to class that is :)

[andrew]

I walk home from school every day for 20 minutes to half an hour; I wouldn't last w/out my ipod. My school is [i]supposedly[/y] full of hard, tough guys; huge black guys (might sound like a racist remark but it's not) but really as long as you respect people, they ussually respect you back. I walk around with my iPod $400, my TI 83+ silver $130, and my jump drive $30 and have for more than a year and nothing has happened. Most people are too stupid to even know what an iPod or a graphing calculator is.

The worst i've gotten is "hey, uh, isn't that the thing from the fitty-cent video?" (really annoying)

if it werent for that, people wouldnt know what it was, the other half think its a cell phone... morons.

[brodog2525]

I kept mine in my front right pocket. And never EVER anywhere else, expect very rarely in my locker. I am in high school.

[Shadow Skill]

Actually I have seen cellphones (more like a smart phone) large enough to be mistaken for things other than a phone. I would think its a pda if I didn't have any clue what an Ipod looked like personally. (assuming I wasn't up close.)

[xboxman]

Well, unfortunately for me, there are people who are in my school who know what a iPod is, and would probably steal one of someone if they had the chance. As you probably know by the info under my name I live in essex, uk. Meaning if I left the slightest hint of something expensive, I would probably be mugged. Fortunately for me, knowing the people that I do, they have backup etc so I dont get any hassle. But it still ####es me off that other people get mugged. No one should have to be in the position of being assulted for something as pathetic as a phone.

So #### anyone who has stolen a phone/iPod etc of someone by intimidation etc.

Honestly, there is nothing lower in my eyes than a theif trying to make a couple of quid.

[fjl307]

Sure, I'll bring mine to school but like other posters said, not advertising it as an iPod. I get enough attention carrying around my Sony CLIE NX73 PDA with the bright color screen and its camera. I'll probably invest in a spare firewire/USB cable to keep in my locker so I can use my iPod as an external HD instead of my jumpdrive.
Several people in my school own iPods so everybody happens to know what they are.

[Inky]

Haha.. my ipod mini goes wherever i go.. its always in my pocket. The earbuds goes into my ear as soon as i step out of the house.. board the train.. alight.. reached my school and into my classroom... :D I'm studying in a art school... there's only 19 student in my class. Only 2 guys in my class including me.. so its pretty safe... LoL.

[m4v3ric]

I take my MD evrywhere with me, it doesnt leave me pocket...i want a Ipod bad tho..

[GeeksterGrrrrl]

I'm starting college in the fall and of course my iPod is coming. I bus/walk to school and back and have some schedule gaps, so I -have- to have my music with me. With old mp3 players (not a pod but if I had it, it would have been the same) I didn't have a problem taking them to school and just keeping them in my pocket. I knew all the kids in my classes and spent lunches in the art or english rooms so I wasn't too worried about it getting nicked.

I took my player to my old work (a movie theater) where there were a lot of teenagers making not a lot of money : ) and people often had things stolen from their locker. But my messenger bag had a hole in the lining so I would just slip it underneath when I worked.

[swy32x]

m4v3ric your sig is waaaaaaaay too big.
The limit is 300x50 pixels and 5kb
yours is 400x150 pixels and over 50kb!
Can you or the mods please get rid of it?

[thatguyfred]

If you can just get your concealed handguns license. Also try and bring a tazer and some pepper spray with you everywhere. That way you can put a bullet in his/her kneecap and spray their eyes. When they're on the ground holding their legs and eyes just walk up and take the ipod back. When they're screaming at you just give them a reason to scream. Zap them with your tazer until they #### their pants then calmly walk off and call the police on your cell phone letting them know that a criminal is laying on the ground covered in #### and blood.



:D

[zomb]

I used to carry my iPod on the bus when I rode the bus anyways. No one has ever tried to steal it. They wouldn't dare. :p

[Orcrist]

I'll just bring my iPod with me to school, one of the reasons why I bought it. I'm prob the only one at school with an iPod so I'm going to like that.. 3)

[Ric_god]

When I go back to school in September, I dont know wheather to take my iPod mini.

I have to catch the bus to and from school, its like a half hour ride.

I'm ognna really hate not having my music, but I DONT want my iPod to get stolen or broken.

My mom said that I can take her cheapish CD walkman (she doesnt ever use it). It's nice of her to offer, and I think I will probably take that.

If I really want to take my own playlist, I could always make the playlist on iTunes, then burn it onto CD. Thats the beauty of iTunes!

[iKorps^]

I'm taking mine to school but it's neve gonna leave my pocket... No one is gonna get it from my pocket either... I'll easily defend myself if any thing happens... I'm big enough to. :D

[bft_tyler]

i take mine to school every day i walk to school so i carry it when i walk but when im in class its in my back pack. but like on break and stuff i take my back pack of and carry it in pocket or something people have been known to take stuff out of other peoples back packs. only in class is it in my back pack

[DoktaLuv06]

I take it to school everyday. I don't have a problem at all really (just alot of people ask if they can use it and what not, and of course I say no), I just usually keep my iPod in my pocket at all times. You should be fine.

[Homogenized]

I take my iPod to school every day. Then again, I ride to and from school with my boyfriend and his little brother, and they know that if they mess with my iPod, heads will roll. The rest of the day, I keep my iPod safe in my purse, and I take that everywhere. I am so paranoid.
(My boyfriend has a 15-in. PowerBook G4 and he carries it in its laptop bag everywhere around school, even if he's asked to deliver something to another teacher. We are both paranoid!)
Nobody at school is really impressed by my iPod, though. It's almost like I'm preaching to the deaf.

[AngelPod]

I think I might start taking to school and keep it in my pocket the whole day.

[Kristiano]

I bring my 'Pod Mini to schools on all days except PE days (it's kinda inconvinient). Its kind of useful as there is a 20minute bus/train ride from school everyday and I need my Pod Mini to keep me company.

I know one other guy in my school has a 20GB 3rd Gen, so I'm not too worried about being mugged. It's pretty safe here unless you go around advertising the 'Pod, most people don't know what it is. I walk around with my Sony Ericsson T610, my thumbdrive and my 'Pod and so far, nothing has happened yet.

Next year, when my school introduces tablet PCs to my school, I'm going to bring my iBook to school instead. At least I know I'm safe around with so many Wintel users anyway.

[matmax]

well, i'm happy to live in switzerland. in my school (i'm in the last year now, since yesterday :-)), it is no problem to take it with me. if i don't use it, i just leave it in the backpack.

just sometimes, if i have gym and i know that it would be alone somewhere where just everyone can come in, i leave it at home.

but i'm happy not to have to worry like some guys in the US...

[jpod999]

well i take mine to school everyday and it only leaves my pocket when i am changing songs or turning it on an picking out the playlist. but at my school there are a lot of kids that have either an ipod or an ipod mini. during each passing period(the time between each class) i look around and see at least one pair of white earphones.:D:) if you dont take your 'pod out of your pocket, nothing can happen to it right??????????????

[jpod999]

well i take mine to school everyday and it only leaves my pocket when i am changing songs or turning it on an picking out the playlist. but at my school there are a lot of kids that have either an ipod or an ipod mini. during each passing period(the time between each class) i look around and see at least one pair of white earphones.:D:) if you dont take your 'pod out of your pocket, nothing can happen to it right??????????????

[joedereko]

I bring my 3G 15gig to school every day cuz i dont have pe this semester. It mostly in my pack and my pocket, but i live in Colorado so i feel pretty safe. My friend lost his on a ski slope and it got turned in to the lost and found! That suprised me but i guess it shows u how safe it is here.

[rebelace]

I bring my iPod to school everyday. First couple of days I was excited and showed it off a little but didnt let anyone I didnt trust and wasnt a good friend listen to it. I carry it in my pocket and listen to it. I carry it everywhere now and normally always am listening. There are some problem people in my school but there is no way they could get it from me. Its always in my pocket or no more than a foot away from me in a friends hands. Only people I worry about are teachers and most of them just say put it up or are jealous and wanna check it out.

[Chrysler Guy2]

I take my iPod everywhere, including school, very consistently listening to it, I am kind of specualtive of who can browse through it seeing as it gets scratched so easily, I have it in my pocket for every class minus PE, and I'm fine with that. Which reminds me I forgot my radio transmitter on the bus today...but aI have a nice bus driver, though. :D


LOL in Boston I took the Subway a lot, put on the earbuds, and counted how many people had white earphones on. Thay ranged from little 4 year olds to very old senior men, my record high for that was on a two-part train with 13 iPod users :wow:

[wezman2k]

absolutely no one knows my locker combo...so i'm pretty confident it's safe in there. but anyway...

there are these great things...they're called pockets? why not just get a good case...and stick it in your pocket? that way it's on you at all times...pack some heat too...no one will even think about pick pocketing your precious ipod!

[wezman2k]

absolutely no one knows my locker combo...so i'm pretty confident it's safe in there. but anyway...

there are these great things...they're called pockets? why not just get a good case...and stick it in your pocket? that way it's on you at all times...pack some heat too...no one will even think about pick pocketing your precious ipod!

[Homogenized]

I have an okay case (waiting for those sweet iSkins to come out for my kind of iPod...) and a purse. Yes, ladies have it a little easier when it comes to toting iPods than gentlemen do. All we have to do is stash ours inside our purses. It's much better to have a candy-pink purse (like mine) because then NO GUY wants to touch it, but any handbag will do.

PS to wezman2k: you posted your reply twice (:

[the300Mhz]

On days that I have XC meets, I bring it in my iSock Case, but other than that, there is no need for me to bring it, since I wouldn't be able to listen to it.

[cpn.luckycharms]

wait, I think... yeah... the major selling point is that its a PORTABLE music player...

[Rooney]

Those of you who have considered putting a lock on your bags are probably pretty friggin thick. A lock simply advertises the fact that you have something pricey in your bag, and if your would be theif decides they don't want to open it there and then, they can just pick the bag up and walk off - five minutes with a pair of scissors or a knife will have any bag open. :rolleyes:

[boogy]

once i hav my iPod im takin it to school....tons of people in my school have an iPod in my class like 10 iPods....and even if someone tried to steal it i wuld kick them in the balls or something else...i know some tricks...or just punch em in the stomach...

[Eltharodo]

Pehaps you could act like your "Boogie Man" namesake and make them hide under the blankets for the rest of their lives ;)

Seriously tho, I take my iPod into school on a regular basis, and nothing bad has happened to it. We have to wear Blazer/Jackets most of the time, so I figure I may as well use one of the many volimunous pockets. Which also handily double up as a pretty much scratch proof case <like silk or something>. The advantages you get by taking it in, to me at least, outweigh the <pretty minimal unless you attend some kind of Mafioso Funded school> risks. Obviously, if uniform includes Knives for "self-defence", then rethink it, but for most of us, it should be fine.

[swy32x]

I have a sharpened thumbnail, so if anybody tries to steal it from me at school I will just jab them on the underside of the elbow.

:D

By the way, I'm kidding.

[Akrill2006]

I go to boarding school and luckley no one has stolen it yet. i take myne with me to class, but others have gotten thers taken at my school.

[Sparky01]

Once i get my iPod, i think im gonna take it to school regularly cuz i go to this small private, intenational school with only like 150 ppl attending, but everyone there is nice and pretty rich and can afford their own... So im not scared of it getting stolen, and if someone does the teachers will simply call their parents! :D

[armless]

if someone took my ipod, i'd hunt them down, then stab them in the face with a pen. but i dont think that would ever happen cos EVERYONES got em now.... but my new one is orange.......

[moopiesanchez]

I always take mine to school, but I don't use the stock headphones.
I usually leave it in my locker.
But today, I wish I had my iPod. We had a bomb threat (some idiot e-mailed the principal and said he was going to blow up the school,) so I had to wait out on the soccer field for four hours. All I was thinking about was how my iPod was in my locker and how I wished I had it to listen to.
From now on, I think I'm gonna keep it in my pocket during the school day.

[MartyMcPod]

I take mine to school now that it's started. I go to a huge university, so there is no chance of being "muscled" out of your iPod. We are all adults there.

I just wear it all day on my belt in a Timbuk2.

[jstylex0r]

im in highschool my ipod is always in my pocket, in summer school i never knew a single person there i let ppl burrow my ipod at lunch hours, i let them take it, but they always bring it back such nice people. plus i carry a butterfly knife with me so i suggest no one trys anything funny

[chocolatelolly]

I go to a private girls' school where most people are quite rich and stealing isn't really a problem. I've seen at least 10 people with iPods at my school who freely wear the stock earbuds and carry the Pods in their hands so I think I'll be quite safe at school. I've lost my wallet at least four times before and people have always handed it in, even when I had quite a bit of money in there.

I'll be taking my iPod to school everyday because I have a 20min train ride + 15 minute walk to school.

[L. Beck]

I take it to school. because I go by bike. It goes faster when you listen to music...

But the main reason why I bring it to school is because I am at the last bench of the class and nobody can see wether or not you are listening to music.

1. You just put the Ipod in you pocket.
2. You put your ears from you pocket to your neck, but at your neck you take the ears trough your sleeve untill you reach the pulse (image1)
3. you sit with your ellbow on your bench and your hands against your ear and nobody will see your listening to music :).

long live the smallness of Ipod :D

- image 1:
http://beck.lembregts.net/all/ipodlounge/Ipod@school.jpg

[Rigby]

i take my 3g 15gb to school, listen to it on the bus, in the caffeteria in the morning before school, on the bus on the way home and in photography, she lectures for five minuites then we have the next hour and a half to work on whatever, she doesnt care about it, a bunch of guys pull out CD players and a couple hae sony MDs, but im coolest.....

[Orcrist]

It's been a month now, since my school started again, and I took it with me every day.. (thank God I have an iPod!) But no problems with it since. No one tried to steal it yet. :)

[Myden]

I got my Discman stolen last year, which was why I got my iPod.

I know the risk when I bring my iPod to school...It just isn't worth paying all that money if I just leave it at home all the time.

I always have it either in my hand, or clipped on my waist now...I can't see it getting stolen really..unless I put it in my locker than my locker gets broken into, but I don't usually ever put it in my locker so..I'm confident it won't. But a lot of people certainly do like it...Since it is a rare item at my school. I only know of about 5-6 people who have them. Compared to hundreds of Mini-Disc/Discman/Tiny Mp3 players.

[shad0w913]

My 3g was stolen out of my back pack in a LOCKED lockeroom locker. There was some kind of vulnerability of the specific locker I had that made it easy to force open. I came back from cross country practice and found the locker door open (with the lock still locked on the door!) and my iPod gone.

I was so unbelievably pi$$ed and then pretty depressed having to walk to school every day without my 'pod (I know it's pathetic.) Infact, I was so upset, that my parents decided to step in and buy me a knew 4G 20 gig!!!!

[Myden]

I'd be upset too...but I don't know if I would get a new one.

I would just find someone with a US Mailing address (you know why).

[shad0w913]

Originally posted by Myden
I would just find someone with a US Mailing address (you know why).
I'm sorry, but I don't get it, lol.

[perfmode]

You all are paranoid. I've had mine since last December. I take it to school and everyone knows I have one. Stop being so paranoid, geez.

[shad0w913]

Originally posted by Infin1te
You all are paranoid. I've had mine since last December. I take it to school and everyone knows I have one. Stop being so paranoid, geez.
I thought like that too, until my iPod was stolen. You just don't want to accept that your iPod could be stolen and that because it is so expensive there is a pretty high (but still relatively low) chance it will be stolen.

[Joshdude]

Someone just stole my scooter right outside of Target. Yes, scooters are lame, and cheap anyway, but it was so light and easy and faster than walking. What kind of lowlife steals a scooter??
My iPod hasn't been stolen yet, but theft is a huge problem at my school. I keep a watchful eye on it.

[shad0w913]

Oops, double post, sry.

[pdk0329]

yeah i bring mine to school, and me and my friend have this very boring drawing class one hour after the other. i let him use it, and then he hands it off to me for the next hour. i started letting him use until lunch and then i get to, becuase i feel bad for him and his ipodless life.

hehe im so nice

[todd2fst4u]

Here's my story.
http://www.ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31438&highlight=teachers+steal+ipods

[TSchiewe]

I take mine to school every day. But i only listen to is in 3rd and 4th block.

[mctriple]

well, im a senior in college, so i walk to class. it's about a 15 minute walk from my apartment, so music is pretty important, as i go there in the morning, come back, go there in the afternoon, and come back again. i just keep it in my backpack, since we carry all of our stuff around in lectures and classes.

[flea]

I bring it to college but i rarely use it there, only if i find myself alone during breaks, studying or if i need to check some notes. But the reason i take it to college is because of the 30-60 min drive to college(heavy traffic).

I am extremely carefull there but i always have my ipod with me, i dont think someone will steal it for me unless he has a gun or something.

[iCrave]

I've never taken mine to school before, I'm thinking about it though.

[NullMonkey]

I take mine to school everyday, just start working out and beat up whoever tries to steal it.

[j0ceyj0ce1221]

Originally posted by Sypher
Why have something so tiny and portable if you don't take it places with you??!
I agree with this statement right here. I take my iPod everywhere I go ... whether it be school, work, even amusement parks (hey those long lines get boring ... might as well do something right?) ... I use it as often as I can. I mean I paid money (a good amount too) to use a small portable music player so I could bring it everywhere I go ... and so I DO bring it everywhere I go.

It helps time pass by a whole lot ... especially if you're bored. :D

~ Jocey ;)

[boogy]

I will take it to school the day I get it on my birthday!!

(and show it off :p)

[stuckinthe80s13]

I take it to school with me...there's bajoogles of other people at school with em' too( even my history teacher!) I dont really have to worry about any bus because i drive to school :D .No-one'd really try to steal MY pod cause i'm 6'8"..:cool:

[basesballbob]

That the entire reason I bought an iPod. I take it to school everyday along with about 30 other people at my school. Most of my friends have iPod the reglerly take to school. Yeah I wouldent take an iPod from a person that is 6'8". But their is a guy at my school that is freaken 7'2" I'm a freshman at 5'10" and I look like a midget next to him.

[ANDS]

Pretty much agree with those who talk about taking it to school. . .its small and compact and meant to be taken with you. Simply NEVER take it out of your pocket, have it always connected to you in some way and pat your pockets constantly.

[du3ce]

everyone at my school has them why not? i see atleast like 10-15 people everyday with an ipod

[nicoritschel]

I take my iPod to school every day and i'm fine. Everyone has iPods at my school. I think it is fine to have it at school and even if people know that u have it. Everyone thinks it is really cool and that they want one. I don't see what they big deal is. U don't have to "lock" your backpack because u have an iPod. That's stupid.

[nicoritschel]

I take my iPod to school every day and i'm fine. Everyone has iPods at my school. I think it is fine to have it at school and even if people know that u have it. Everyone thinks it is really cool and that they want one. I don't see what they big deal is. U don't have to "lock" your backpack because u have an iPod. That's stupid.

[wecallitfall]

i take my ipod to uni.its great.
infact i'm about to go sit in the library and do some ipod accompanied work.
theres quite a few ipodders here

[ANDS]

Originally posted by nicoritschel
I take my iPod to school every day and i'm fine. Everyone has iPods at my school. I think it is fine to have it at school and even if people know that u have it. Everyone thinks it is really cool and that they want one. I don't see what they big deal is. U don't have to "lock" your backpack because u have an iPod. That's stupid.

Until those few seconds where you become forgetful and turn your back on it and its gone. Happens to folks everyday. I used to think people with chains on their wallets were idiots, until I left mine somewhere and it got jacked.

[NullMonkey]

Just always keep it in your pocket unless its nessecary to take it out, and dont go around bragging about it to people you can't trust.

[Elixir]

I'll be taking mine to school as soon as I get the i-see for it =)

[Melisande]

Extra security measures are a good idea if you want to take it to school; I recently began trials, bringing mine a couple days a week, and it's working well, but I am very cautious about the thing -- it never leaves my person.

What you have to remember before you say that people who lock theirs up are paranoid or stupid is that not everyone lives in a nice little middle-class haven where everyone has them and no one would ever think of stealing them. I'm not knocking the havens, just saying....

[jpod999]

Originally posted by ANDS
NEVER take it out of your pocket, have it always connected to you in some way and pat your pockets constantly.

this is what i do ever day at school, i have only not brought my ipod to school a couple of days out of the whole year. i know someone that his mom says that he isnt allowed to take his 4g 20gb to school because it might get stolen :confused: how could this happen if the ipod was on your person the whole time?

[swy32x]

I sometimes leave mine in my locker, wrapped up in a jumper.

It could get stolen, but highly unlikely. I would be more worried about when mucking around with mates it getting damaged, thus leaving it in my locker.

We have video cameras in the corridors so the thief would not go unpunished.

[Anima]

I have it with me pretty much everywhere I go... I know it's risky and such but I try to get the headphones under my shirt as much as possible, further more it's always in my pockets of my pants, tucked away.

The only time I don't have it on by the way is when I'm paying attention to the classes (which is hardly anytime :P...)

[Ipodder@Heart]

When mine shows up (I won one on the 27th) I'll take it to schoolwith me, but I WILL ditch the buds....
I don't see any reason to call more attention to myself even though ipods are common in my school....
I'll just make sure it's ALWAYS on my person, and I don't have gym so no problem their....

[nicoritschel]

Originally posted by ANDS
Until those few seconds where you become forgetful and turn your back on it and its gone. Happens to folks everyday. I used to think people with chains on their wallets were idiots, until I left mine somewhere and it got jacked.

That was my friend posting... I accidentally left the browser window open and he decided to post without my permission. I personally would not bring my iPod to school, as there is a high chance of it getting stolen.

[RandomPodder]

I bring my iPod everywhere with me, and usually I have my camera, too. So at times, I do have over one thousand dollars of stuff on my :P
But it's ALWAYS in my backpack which i have every second of the day.
And on the bus, I know everyone, and there's only one of us who doesn't have an mp3 player. xD
He taped a picture of an iPod to his CD player

[Cyburn]

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[Cyburn]

I have not got a MP3 Player or iPod yet.

I am thinking of getting a iPod Mini Blue son, hope I get one for Xmas.

Dont know If I would take to school. A few people in my school have iPod, some have iPod Minis.

Maybe when at least 1 in 4 students have a iPod/MP3 player I would take a iPod Mini to school.

[AsianLounger]

I take it to school, I listen to it walking to the bus, on the bus, and all day during school (since I go to a charter school, I can listen to it all day). Hm..yeah my iPod's always with me. Just make sure you keep it safe!

[Blazer THUG]

I take mine to school almost everyday. I like to hook it up in my car and listen to it on the drive to school. I just keep it in my locker. Then if one day one of my teachers aren't in and I have a substitute I can go to my locker to get it and listen to it all class. I live for those days when teachers are out and I can actually listen to my iPod during class. lol.

[crystalballer]

personally i keep my iPod in my pocket at all times in school.. because you never know when the perfect opporutnity to jam will come along.. so when it comes take advantage

[skateboarderx24]

i bring my laptop to school to work on stuff all the time and its a brand new vaio....wen i get my ipod i have a nice trans nine jacket with pockets inside it and one on the outside with a button to keep it closed...i would keep it in the inside pockets for safety

[skateboarderx24]

i bring my laptop to school to work on stuff all the time and its a brand new vaio....wen i get my ipod i have a nice trans nine jacket with pockets inside it and one on the outside with a button to keep it closed...i would keep it in the inside pockets for safety

[jngrossmann]

I got an apple case w/ my 3rd gen 15 GB iPod (from the "early" times when it came in 10, 15, and 30 GB versions), and I got normal black-wired headphones. The headphones work better than the apple ones did, and the case protects the pod very well while it's in my pocket. Another big bonus is that I don't draw attention to myself while I'm listening (I bring it absolutely everywhere I go).

[Superpete]

i sometimes take mine to school. i live in england though, and all the teachers at my crappy school would confiscate it in a second if they saw me listening to it, even if it wasn't in a lesson (i think they want to listen to it themselves sometimes).

horror story: i took it to school, and one day during tech i took off my blazer, forgetting that my beloved pod was in their. i looked round a few minutes later, realising what i had done, saw my blazer had fallen off its peg and was on the floor with a massive crowd of people trampling all round it. after recovering from my near fatal heart attack i managed to retrieve my blazer, iPod still intact and fine. ive tried to limit the amount i take it to school since!

[Niz]

In my school, dont have to worry about people bullying and stealing your i-pod. mabey a pocket pick might be possible but even that i havent seen happen. School for me is the safest place i can use it outside my house. People in school dont nick stuff of other people its just too stupid coz you can easily get it back. And get the person that stole it suspended or whatever punishment.

there are big massive people but even they dont steal stuff of other people the worst they would do is nick food from the cafeteria.

its just strangers you have to watch out for and on the bus, no white headphones for me, my ears are pefect looknig but theyre not shaped right so when i put those small headphones on they fall out straight away so i got a pair on Sony in-ear headphones (the proper kind the go right in) ooooo goin off there, anyone that way no-one knows, i get good fit in my ears and get high Q sound.

[Zombie Inc]

I also thought of bringing it to school ,although do some of you guys bring it to the gym?

[lastik]

Well I am in health rite now, but when I start gym, which is first period. I am gonna leave it in my locket in my book or something. Don't wanna take it there, even tho i'd be in my bag, i'd be asking for someone to steal it.

[Kristiano]

I don't bring it to school on gym days. It's just not safe if I don't have my 'Poddie with me

[Lamb]

I don't have to take gym anymore. Hahaha.

I'm on summer break now, but next year I'll definately be taking my ipod to school. I'll be locking it in my locker though, and I won't be flashing it around or telling anyone. My schools full of "nice" enough people, but I have had money/wallets stolen in the past. But really that's my own fault for leaving it in my bag.

A lock on your bag would be pretty useless. People would figure you had something expensive, so they'd take your whole bag.

[lastik]

Well I am not gonna not take it every other day, so its going in my locker on first periods, then comming out for the rest of the day.

[yajrennat]

i go to a school where if i wipped out an iPod, no one would have a clue what it was. theyd think it was like a mini tv or something. hick redneck towns suck.

[ikimashokie]

wow. the person in jr high on the first page..

i wouldnt take anything valuable to school until i was at least a junior.

im at college now, and everyone and their mother has one (or a mini), so its not that big of a deal if i strut out with it.

[seniorKylito]

well i brought my ipod to school everyday, getting yelled at by teachers left and right but i thought it was totally worth it, jammin to some d12 in the halls. however last week my ipod got stolen from my gym locker that i ACCIDENTLY left unlocked. it sucks to have people in your grade who can be so ignorant.

[Hckynck20]

i usually bring mine to school and i keep it in my pocket or hoodie pocket. but be careful not to let anyone use it not even your best friend... i let my friend use it and he sat it on the desk and it got a bunch of scratches on the bottom... and on top of that he was using the click wheel with the end of a pencil!!!! i was fuerious lol but now he knows not to mess with my ipod! anyhoo i also listen to it on the bus and during class if im in a class where im twards the back or away from the teacher. and all i do to conseal it is cut a small hole in my hoodie for the headphones and the day just flys by! lol and one more thing... be sure not to get cought with it because if i was cought i would not give it to my teacher ( as most woundnt) because these things arent cheap so you would get it more trouble for disobediance or something like that.

[OllieS]

I'll be bringing mine to school when i get it. I'll keep it in my iPod armour and not show it off. Also, I'll be using my white EX-71's that match. As well as that hardly anyone at my school knows what an iPod is anyway. I tell someone I might be getting one and they're like "what's one of those" so i don't think i have much chance of it getting taken. If I have PE it goes in my locker that has a huge f**koff padlock on it.

[HiRes]

Originally posted by seniorKylito
well i brought my ipod to school everyday, getting yelled at by teachers left and right but i thought it was totally worth it, jammin to some d12 in the halls. however last week my ipod got stolen from my gym locker that i ACCIDENTLY left unlocked. it sucks to have people in your grade who can be so ignorant. How is that ignorance? It's your own fault for leaving your locker unlocked.

And I used to take my iPod to school, but I don't really trust the people that go there. They'd steal it in a second.

[Kristiano]

Originally posted by HiRes
How is that ignorance? It's your own fault for leaving your locker unlocked.

And I used to take my iPod to school, but I don't really trust the people that go there. They'd steal it in a second.

Don't him that dude. Accidents do happen.

Thankfully, nothing has happened to my beloved Poddie--yet. And I'll make sure that nothing will.

[ipodlover21]

i never take my ipod to school if i dont have my baseball bat or brass knuckles with me:D :D
ill kick anyones ### who tries to jack my precious iPod....

\goes and pets his charging ipod

just joking!
i take it to school, but i dont flash it around or anything. if people see it, i let them see it, but no touching!!(im realy paranoid about somebody dropping it)

[Squeeks]

Although I don't have an iPod yet (Ill be able to buy one in a few months) I am planning on taking mine to school. My coat has a pocket on the inside and I will change the headphones so I don't advertise that I have one. Also it won't leave my sight so it should be fine and since I don't have gym it wont be left unattened

[alexultima]

Yeah, I bring mine to school. It's completely against school rules, but I do it anyway. I could have it taken away for 2 or 3 weeks. I could care less... Nobody will see it if it's in my pocket the whole day, will they? lol

[alexultima]

Yeah, I bring mine to school. It's completely against school rules, but I do it anyway. I could have it taken away for 2 or 3 weeks. I could care less... Nobody will see it if it's in my pocket the whole day, will they? lol

[[zerophase]]

I tried bring it to school but it just gets damaged and scratched too easy.. Plus I like talking on the bus more and my bus ride is only 5 minutes at tops haha.

[Wormboy]

I take my iPod to school too and dont have any concerns about that. I keep my Pod always in my bag and dont leave class without it, so no one will be able to steal this thing! I mean come on, you bought a portable player and dont take it with you wherever you go? That would be silly!

The only thing that annoys me is the fact, that I dont have a case yet, so I have to handle my Pod VERY carefully so that no scratch will harm my precious toy.

[RedVsBlue9]

yeah im gonna get mine on tuesday right after school, and i have finals this week and yes, i do plan on taking it to school e very single day. and there are at least like 40 kids ta my school with them, a lot more got them cuz of hanukah recently and i expect even mroe with xmas coming up.

[RedVsBlue9]

yeah im gonna get mine on tuesday right after school, and i have finals this week and yes, i do plan on taking it to school e very single day. and there are at least like 40 kids ta my school with them, a lot more got them cuz of hanukah recently and i expect even mroe with xmas coming up.

[lilsuprano]

when I get mine, it's gonna go everywhere with me. I'm not worried about getting it stolen cuz it's always gonna be with me, and after letting most of my friends take turns using my pocket pc for days at a time, and nothing happened to it, I can trust them to use my iPod, except maybe 1 song max. lol

Eric

[lilsuprano]

when I get mine, it's gonna go everywhere with me. I'm not worried about getting it stolen cuz it's always gonna be with me, and after letting most of my friends take turns using my pocket pc for days at a time, and nothing happened to it, I can trust them to use my iPod, except maybe 1 song max. lol

Eric

[~tl]

Yeah I take it to school... every day... with white headphones and all! Ours is a nice enough school though, I really doubt anyone would steal it off me. If I left it lying around then it would get nicked, but otherwise it's pretty safe in my pocket. The school is really cool about iPods/CD players etc as well. As long as you don't use them in classes then they don't mind us having them. Some teachers even let you use them in class... I like those teachers ;)

TOM

[deadquackums]

Yeah, well like a lot of other people at my school I take my iPod. I know that it is a risk, but it is a small one for me.

[deadquackums]

Yeah, well like a lot of other people at my school I take my iPod. I know that it is a risk, but it is a small one for me.

[blazzinmatt]

I always bring my iPod to school so I can listen to it at lunch or I have a sub. I keep it in my backpack but I bring my bag everywhere I go so I have no worries about it getting stolen.

[Diegoso]

"so that no scratch will harm my precious toy" waht kind of sick exprecion is that.. you remember me the movie lord of the rings. i think a lot of people care more than it should of their ipod.. i think one of the best things of my ipod is that is totally compact and i could carry it with me. and is resistent to the damage.. i mean it could have some scraches but it is still working.... and that is the important thing... i use it for record some class with i talk it jus work great

[D Vipes]

I bring mine to school every day...I feel perfectly safe with it. Its either on me or in my backpack with me. I also feel that no one would steal it...

[D Vipes]

I bring mine to school every day...I feel perfectly safe with it. Its either on me or in my backpack with me. I also feel that no one would steal it...

[NavySEAL6]

i take mine to school everyday, it stays in my pocket, and my headphones stay around my neck

[Kristiano]

Hey guys,
Nowadays, I bring my iPod Mini to school loads more. I feel free to bring it on PE days now, because of the lockers. Make security less of a headache :)

[ham_man]

Once I get my shures, I will not have to worry about having white buds. Then, they will hang around my neck. If I am in the comp lab, I will listen. If I supposed to be watching a movie, I will listen. If I am working silently and everyone else is, I will listen. As for theft, I live in an uppetty neighbor, and am in all Pre-AP, AP classes and no one in there is dumb enough to try and steal something. If they do, I'll cut them with my house key ;).

[Kristiano]

Originally posted by ham_man
Once I get my shures, I will not have to worry about having white buds. Then, they will hang around my neck. If I am in the comp lab, I will listen. If I supposed to be watching a movie, I will listen. If I am working silently and everyone else is, I will listen. As for theft, I live in an uppetty neighbor, and am in all Pre-AP, AP classes and no one in there is dumb enough to try and steal something. If they do, I'll cut them with my house key ;).

Which makes me wonder, why do you pay to watch a movie if all you want to do is to Pod? :confused:

[Mickey41392]

TAKE IT TOO SCHOOL!!! Whats the point of having it if you dont

[Sean_naeS]

I take it to school - in fact, that is where I primarily listen to it - if I'm at home, I've got iTunes.

[kittinbaby]

I think they meant at school if they are supposed to be watching a movie in class, Kristiano, lol. :)

I don't have mine quite yet (see my post about the 20gig/photo) but I think I would take it school only once in a while, if I'm staying late for tests or drill team, not every day. It would stay in my pocket, or (in the case of drill team practice) in my locker, in the locked locker room. heheh! I know I can trust ppl on my team tho....except my ex-friend who seems to loathe me even tho I'm nice to her...:p
I didn't tell anyone except my closest friends that I got one for Xmas, just in case. Our school is new, tho, and I live in a good town, not many muggings, lol. I know lots of people have them at our school, but I've only seen 2 with white buds, and the others all have grey or black, :p...I guess I'd wear my buds anyway, like I said, I don't think they'd steal mine. We have LOTS of cameras at my school, they'd make them pay for another one. Muahah.

[FallN]

Just today, on line at the bank, I got a ton of looks from people when they noticed the white earphones. You know when someone spots something and are envious... made me a bit uncomfortable for a second until I remembered I work out 6 days a week and have been taking Martial Arts for the last 5 years! F-up will be he who tries to jack me for my iPod. So I wear the white earphones proud! :D

(Although I do have to admit that the stock earphones sound tinny and kinda crappy. I did purchase the iPod "In-Ear" headphones and they're a little better than the In-Ear ones but not by much... a waste of $44 if you ask me).

[Kristiano]

Originally posted by FallN
Just today, on line at the bank, I got a ton of looks from people when they noticed the white earphones. You know when someone spots something and are envious... made me a bit uncomfortable for a second until I remembered I work out 6 days a week and have been taking Martial Arts for the last 5 years! F-up will be he who tries to jack me for my iPod. So I wear the white earphones proud! :D

(Although I do have to admit that the stock earphones sound tinny and kinda crappy. I did purchase the iPod "In-Ear" headphones and they're a little better than the In-Ear ones but not by much... a waste of $44 if you ask me).

Thanks for the review. I was considering buying the in-ear headphones...

That's it. learn martial arts and beat up any mugger :D

[drivebysneezing]

I bring mine everyday to school. Most of the time it just sits in my backpack, but if my backpack is not right next to me, I have it in my pocket. So many people have ipods, that I am sure mine won't get stolen.

[ham_man]

Originally posted by Kristiano
Which makes me wonder, why do you pay to watch a movie if all you want to do is to Pod? :confused:

1. School Movies
2. Going to see a movie at the theater is a WASTE of money. I either spend on CDs or it goes into the iBook fund.
3. Most movies shown in school suck. So, hoodie+dark room+iPod-crappy movie=happiness.

-Andrew