iPod Confiscation

confiscation of ipod? thats harsh! buy a nano on the sly and keep it undercover ;)

Reconfiscate(?) it.

Originally posted by AJD1992
I got my mobile taken off me so it's the same. Go into the drawer were it is, and "reconfiscate" it. I think it's theft when teachers take your stuff of you.

It's only theft if they don't give it back. ;)

If a teacher confiscates it at my school, you get it back in a week. Mobile phone is a day, because you might need it that day. But I think a week is very harsh, and is one of the reasons I would never take the main iPod I have to school. I would only take a secondary one (if I had one), because then I have my main iPod.

THere is a rule in my school where you are not allowed to wear headphones in school. I don't think it's fair to be honest, but I don't make the rules.

Im 14 years old. At my school if i get my iPod or cell phone gets confiscated my parents would have to go to my school and sign some papers so that I can get it back

not in australia (victoria) - no "intention to perminantly deprive"

When I was at secondary school we weren't supposed to have mp3s/phones etc with us.. but somehow my iPod never got confiscated (and I constantly sat in class with one earbud in) ..a few did ask to look at it when I first got it though...

if you follow the rules, it won't get confiscated ;)

if a teacher or other authority takes it, there should be a procedure to get it back

if your parents take it, you are at their mercy. If they bought it in the first place, you are lucky and should be nice to them anyway

If you're using your iPod in class and it gets confiscated you, quite frankly, deserve it. When I was in high school we weren't allowed to have cd players (we didn't have DAPs back then). Personally, I don't see a reason to bring an iPod to school with you, period. Talk to people. Build your social skills. That's what being a kid is about.

Originally posted by AJD1992
Yes, but on long journeys home (takes me 1 1/2 hrs by public transport) you need something to stop you dieing of bordom. Like an iPod.

That's fine. If you're just using it for the commute it won't get confiscated because your teachers should never have to see it.

Wait a minute...iPod confiscation?! In college?
What schools do you guys go to?!

I would NEVER bring my iPod to school. I say that, but I do play with my friend's iPod sometimes. We have a cool science teacher that, as long as your work is finished, will let you kind of hang out.

the teacher will get blamed when Billy Cool fails because he 'knew' the information.

What I do is listen to my MuVo in class, and save my iPod for when I won't get in trouble. Best thing a person can do. If you're a die hard apple fanboy, get a shuffle.

My daughter's school has a no portable electronic device rule, several kids have had their cell phones taken away for ringing in the lockers, but the parents came down rather hard on the administration, as most of the kids only use them in emergency.
Devices in class are rarely a problem, most teachers allow the students to work on another class' assignment...and they get 2-3 hours a night...most would rather just finish homework.

Alot of kids listen to iPods, you better believe I'll be taking my iPod to school. In some classes its the only way to get by. I only wish I had one when I had Spaish 2 . . . . .

If a teacher wanted to confiscate my iPod I simply wouldn't give it to them. If it gets stolen, broken or messed up I get screwed not them so I would rather get a refferal then even take that risk, it would be just my luck for my iPOd to get messed up.

My school doesnt even care, i always am listening/watching my ipod. i just keep my phone on vibrate when im in class.

I generally find some schools extremely Amish in nature when it comes to portable tech...

Originally posted by kgirlsbug
Daughter just reported they are conducting random locker searches for electronics while the kids are in class...one old nun seems to have it in for the kids.

That's ridiculous. It's an iPod, not drugs lol. My high school attempted to enforce the no music player rule but it didn't really work. People were only using them during breaks anyway so I don't see the reason for banning them in the first place.

This is a small Catholic school, and generally their target is cell phones, classes are too small in size to get away with iPods easily..(most classes are under 20 kids)

I go to a Catholic school.

No one cares what I do as long as the phone don't ring.

Tell your principal to cut his beard and get rid of his horse and buggy.

And tell him Freddy told you to do that.

Never happened with my iPod...
but my phone was confiscated at lunch time, it fell out of my pocket and someone handed it to me.. And a teacher saw (Total ##### of course)and he took it..

I called the school afterwards and told them the story and asked when i could pick it up, and they said 'you shouldn't have gotten it taken off you at lunchtime/recess' Because apparantly we are allowed to have them then? So when i went into get my phone...And checked my credit Balance...i had No Credit whatsoever remaining..The techer had used my credit 'accidently'...According to him, buttons were pressed at random in his pocket? Load of ####..Anyway...i got $60 credit out of him. So that was okay.

All we do with mobile phones is take the batteries out. Then they can't use them. Bit hard to do with an iPod. Or, just turn them off and have a PIN code.

well it never happen to me but i guess if my 60GB was taken i would go get my Nano, or Shuffle and if that one was taken i would get the other, and if all 3 were taken i get my iBook, and if that was taken I think it would be time to get my 1st one that was taken back!

Back when I was at school iPods were not popular at all. Still 2g back then...however mobile phones were always being confiscated. I always made sure to keep mine in my pocket away from teachers

one time i was listening to my ipod in class and it got taken up. the next morning i tried to find it in her desk but it wasent there. she came up to me after class that day and said i had some good music on that thing

I bring my shuffe to school a lot, to transport different files and stuff from my computer to the school computers. And also occasionally listen to it when we have free time in class or during study hall. Also of course, during finals when I finish early I usually bring the bigger pod. But our school is pretty strict on phones and stuff, as in if they see your cell phone or hear it, you get it taken away and a Saturday detention.

If I ever was in that position that they threatened to take it away I think I'd pretty much...as funny as it sounds, just say no, I think the teacher or whatever wouldn't think it would be worth it to waste class time and energy to get it away from me.

yo clockwork what school you goto, sounds like the same as my school, i live near chicago.

It is technically theft because they are taking something away from you against your will.
Wrong.

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yeah my teacher took mine away..for playing suduko in class...got it at the end though!

Just to expand upon that... Teachers are considering acting in the capacity of parents while you are in school under their supervision (the term is loco parentis), and therefore have the same rights to confiscate items from you that your parents would.

In fact, teachers generally have more authority over you in the school environment than the police do. The police cannot search your locker without a warrant, but in most jurisdictions the teacher or principal can (and there have been numerous precedents for this).

Actually it's In Loco Parentis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Loco_Parentis). :p

If they had a problem, I would have just told them to call my parents, who would have told them to goto hell.
OK, Mr. Soprano.

I'm sorry if your parents never sided with you when you were a child.
Over something like that? No way. If I had a kid who had his iPod confiscated, my reaction would depend on how he attained it. If he bought it himself, I'd tell him "tough ####." He shouldn't pull it out in class. If I bought it for him, he'd be in some serious trouble.

Thanksfully, my parents taught me to fend for myself, so when I am out of the house, I don't feel helpless and have to run back to Mommy.

Have no never been to school?
First thing they do (at least at mine) would be to call your parents.

All my friends parents (including mine) basically told our schools staff to get real.
Is it so out of the ordinary?

Have no never been to school?
First thing they do (at least at mine) would be to call your parents.

All my friends parents (including mine) basically told our schools staff to get real.
Is it so out of the ordinary?

The teachers are getting 'real'. Real slack with the attempt to educate due to this 'catering' to the children, this is why American kids are falling behind in math/sciences compared to other countries. Because in America schools are too lax along with a poor parenting as so eloquently described by you. Then you wonder why the good jobs go to immigrants. Because we have a better educational ethics and better/higher degrees than you.

It is out of the ordinary to have a device that distracts not only you but also your peers, thus interrupting the class including the few that actually want to learn.

If that's true, then by all means good for you, but you would have been in the minority in today's schools.

My wife is a teacher (a music teacher at that :) )... To be fair, iPods aren't even really that big of a problem in her school, since it's really the kind of device for most where you're either listening to it, or you're not. So not only is it obvious, but it's not the kind of device kids are busy tinkering with in most cases. Further, my wife and most of the teachers she works with have no real issues if a student wants to listen to their iPod while they're quietly working.. It's when the teacher is actually teaching that it becomes an issue.

On the other hand, the bigger problem these days is cell phones in class... Kids are busy trying to surreptitiously text/IM each other in the middle of class (the modern version of "passing notes" I suppose), snapping pictures constantly with their cameraphones, and actually receiving calls in the middle of class -- sometimes even from parents. :shake:

I'm in college now, and iPods are seen everywhere. Nobody even turns a head if someone is in class with headphones on unless they have loud music on. They simply ignore them and pay attention to the instructor. Most people (especially girls) have their cell phones on and placed prominently on their desk while in class, although they usually keep it on vibrate. The professors usually simply say 'put it on vibrate' if they hear a phone ring. Needless to say, my college is very lenient. No rules at all for confiscation. The closest they have are in class syllabuses stating that cell phones must be off or on vibrate, and to 'please' not use iPods or similar devices during class.

High school was another story. I graduated in '03, and at that time it was rare to find an iPod at school. To be honest, I don't even recall seeing an iPod at all from '01-'03 in high school. Everyone had CD players, and some actually had cassette walkmans (I feel old saying that!) Not many people had cell phones, mainly just the extremely popular people and those who had sports practice after school so they can call their parents to get them. My high school had a VERY strict policy on confiscation. If you had a CD player out in the open, the teacher would walk over and take it out of your hand without saying a word. Cell phones (even off) were taken. If you had a CD player or cell phone in your backpack, and the teacher saw it while you were getting something out of it, it would be taken too. You could've even had a CD in its jewel case (or out of it) and they would confiscate it from you. They wouldn't give back the CD players until the end of the semester or the end of the school year (depending on the teacher...the official rule was the end of the semester) while cell phones were held for a few days at the latest. Of course parents complained about the phones, and the penalty was reduced to it being held until the end of the day.

Thankfully, I never had anything confiscated. I would've refused to hand it over the point of them having to pry it out of my hands, regardless of possible suspension, etc. Well, at the time with CD players, I might not have refused to the point of them prying it from me, but I definitely would have now with iPods since they are expensive. I'm surprised (being in a sue-happy country) that I haven't heard of a lawsuit from a student or parent over confiscation of an iPod since it can be considered theft to a degree. The teacher definitely would be charged with theft if it was confiscated outside of school, and a student could probably be charged with theft if they took another student's iPod during school hours even if the item isn't allowed on campus. My high school cited the reason for the confiscations was based on it being a distraction in the classroom. But, from my experience, it is not a distraction at all until the teacher brings it up to the whole class that the student is doing it, and wastes class time arguing with the student/getting the administrators when the student refuses to hand it over.

I agree with teachers that iPods/CD players/phones/etc. shouldn't be used in the class, but at the same time I don't believe in confiscation if the item is held longer than the end of the day (or class.) And also, I agree with misper666 that iPods/cells can make people targets for having them, but the same applies to jewelry, designer clothing, etc. that students wear to school that could make them the target for theft (yes, I know its different since its not electronics, but it can still be expensive.) But, with that said, I'm sure it isn't that hard to get your iPod stolen while at school. ;)

When you are in college, you are supposed to be an adult. Adults generally don't have toys confiscated...another term for that would be stealing....

True. I was just using it as an example as some other posters in this thread has done. I'd be surprised to find a professor that actually does confiscate iPods or cell phones since its college.

When you are in college, you are supposed to be an adult. Adults generally don't have toys confiscated...another term for that would be stealing....

yep... but adults have toys (or gadgets, whatever)

at the end of the day it's about the individual & how they want to progress. they're in college for a reason, no? some are just there for the 'college culture' & not so much the courses. someone with an ipod will try stealth listening, may or may not get caught, but if they do then either A) it will be confiscated or B) teachers will impose a ban on EVERYONE. so that one person just got a ban for all. great. so confiscation from one person is better that blanket ban.

do adults just go to college to play with their toys?