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Shadowmancer..... you say you graduated in the top 7 of your graduating class and you used all those electronic devices... maybe you were able to get by with it but for most students it is a distraction and disrupts learning. I am a recent college grad and now a teacher. If I allow iphones and ipods in class then everyone here at this school would be playing with them all class. If you allow a student to do these things then you are just giving up on teaching. I agree that a lot of stuff taught in school is not preparing kids for reality. I am a health teacher and believe that everything we learn is related to reality, or I won't teach it if it isn't. Don't think that it's okay for students to have whatever they want in class. Most kids lack responsibilities and respect because they think they can do whatever they want anytime. If they don't get discipline at home then someone needs to teach that to them. Being a teacher is much more difficult than what people think. Not always easy having 32 kids in one class, especially when someone gets a phone or ipod out and you have 10 kids telling and crying about it.