Who: Although most of the article is centered around the teachers and students of Mountain View High School, the banning of music players by administrators is widespread across the United States and other countries.
What: With current technology, students can use their digital media player to hold the answers to a test, crib notes, definition lists, helpful jingles, and formulas.
When: This occurrence was documented in April of 2007.
Where: This phenomena of cheating has occurred at Mountain View High School, San Gabriel High School in San Gabriel, California, Seattle, Washington, St. Mary’s College, a high school in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and the University of Tasmania in Australia.
Why It Matters: Seeing as the National Association of Secondary School Principals has already been alerted, this ban could soon hit our school. iPods, Zunes, mp3 players, and other digital media players would just be added to the long list of personal belongings not allowed in school.
I disagree with the article, yet I do agree with seventeen-year-old Kelsey Nelson, when she said “people who are going to cheat are still going to cheat, with or without them.” Darren Murph pointed out that soon another piece of technology like “Bluetooth earphones” will “become all the rage” and teachers will have to fight the same battle for their students full attention. Banning iPods is not going to “beat” cheaters, just give them a chance to be more creative about their cheating.
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Dear Emily,
I totally agree with you on this one. Schools should not ban ipods because some people in our class listen to them quietly and do not distrub others. Also, they do not even try to cheat. Banning ipods is unnessary because the students that try to be cheaters should be the ones banned.
Love,Always
Jessica.
I also disagreed with the article, but did agree with the 17 year old. Teachers and parents thought that banning cell phones would help stop the cheating problem. Students have obviously proved them wrong, and they can do it again.
I totaly agree with you, people who are going to cheat will. Ipods shouldn’t be banned from schools. If you do bann ipods from school, people who cheat will just find other ways to use the new technology to cheat.
I really liked the way that you formated your post. It was clear, decisive, and to the point. I also completely agree with your point of view. Adding yet another item to the “cannnot bring to school” list is not the answer to schools cheating problems. If a student is determined to cheat, then no law set by the school board is going to stop them.
I also disagree because the kids that are not cheating should not be punished for the other kids sake who want to cheat. I think they should punish those kids by taking away their ipods or detention. Kids for me instance like to listen to music while having quiet time in class.