Hey everyone!
A group of students are fighting a ban on iPods set forth by the school administration. Students from Natick High School in Natick, MA are fighting a ban set forth by school officials that forbids students to use iPods in the study halls and the library. Students feel that the iPods help them tune out the loud noise around them while they're in the study hall doing work or while in the library. While Natick doesn't have an official policy on the use of iPods in schools, the high school does allow students to use iPods only during lunchtime, and on free periods for seniors. School officials feel that the use of iPods doesn't make you read better, write better, or learn better altogether and they can't find any reasonable evidence supporting that conclusion. After a two hour meeting attended by students and parents, the school superintendent seemed willing to reconsider and is asking the school committee for more time to reconsider and come to a compromise for both parties. Senior Sean Flaherty feels that they got their message across to the school board very strongly:
"I definitely think we put something in every student's mind that they can speak up."
What do you make of this issue? Do you feel that these students should be allowed to use iPods to help them study or do you think they should simply comply with the rules and focus on their schoolwork? Leave your comments here on the blog and let me know what you have to say!
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