No more iPods at school...

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

lol

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Chris