Keeping my iPod safe at high school?

[gallagb]

i wonder what school district you are in. an illinois school and "learn" do not belong in the same sentence, and i came from the most privileged school district illinois has.

not to get 2 personal
but north of chicago?
new trier perhaps?

😉

 

[Grimace]

Bringing an iPod to high school is asking for trouble. Many ban them, the same as walkmen and PDAs. I can see a possible educational purpose, but on the whole, I don't they belong in school. Maybe I'm being too harsh; oh well. 🙄

 

[bubbamac]

Leave it at home, take a book instead.

Sucks you lost your first one, though. I had a motorcycle stolen from me at my high school. I feel your pain.

 

[Mustafa]

Camouflage.....

I've seen in a magazine here in the UK somebody makes a case for iPods and similar devices that looks like a cassette Walkman. Should keep most hands off!

 

[173080]

In 01/02 I attended a private school in AK as an exchange student. It was such a cool place, you could leave everything wherever you wanted to and no one would ever take it. So, we had always at least one iPod lying around in class, and whenever the teachers were in a good mood, we'd be allowed to connect it to speakers. Wow, that was just such a great year.

I might add though, that that was a really small school. I'm talking here about 120 students from kindergarten thru high school, and just about 18 students in high school. I learned so much there and it was so much fun (it got boring in the end I might have to add, though)

I'm in a similar situation. There are only about 60 students in my School, only 7 people in my class. There are always PowerBooks, iBooks, iPods, PDA's, digital cameras and all sorts of electronic devices lying around unattenended and noone will even think about taking them.
I can leave my iPod mini and B&O Earphones somewhere where they can be easily seen, go do something else and come back and not worry about having them stolen or vandalized. I can also show it off as much as I want. 😎

Same with my PowerBook, PDA, and digital camera. I take those to School everyday and I haven't had to worry even once about having them stolen. The thought wouldn't even cross my mind.

It's awesome. 😀

 

[iJon]

I've had an iPod since the first day they came out about 2 or so years ago. Mine never got stolen simply cause my bag never leaves my site. Laptops and iPods grow legs when you don't watch them. In my bag I always have my PowerBook and iPod and nothing ever happens. If you watch your things then you won't have a problem, simple as that.

Also one good purpose for the iPod at school is they make a great cheating device if the situation occurs. Text to speech and the notes feature always come in handy 😉.

jon

 

[kirk26]

Inspired by the Powerbook thread, I decided to see what you would do about an iPod. I had a 40 GB that got stolen this past spring. It was taken out of my backpack. I guess someone unzipped the pocket it was in and took it. I can't really be sure exactly how it happened though.

I have a new 20 GB coming right now, this time I got the laser engraving with my name and phone number. I'll keep it in my pocket, instead of just in my backpack.

I'm not going to let what happened keep me from taking my iPod to school. I listen to my iPod more at school than anywhere else. Do any of you have any suggestions on what else I can do to keep it safe?

Yea, don't take it to school.

 

[johnbro23]

I am just going to forgive and forget. Even though I'll only get $300, so in the end I actually lost $200, I asked my friends dad whos a lawyer about it and he said that I'll spend $5000 sueing someone for a $500 iPod. I just want to know who it was though. I guess I'm just curious...

 

[xgsrpg]

In my high school, about 1 in 2 people with a personal music device has an iPod, it's a really common thing. I've seen dudes with iPod minis stuck to their chests, and others just keep it in their pocket all the time. For me, I just keep it in my lunchbox (it is everywhere my backpack is, plus lunch). I keep an eye on it at all times, and I never had any problems.

 

[flyfish29]

get an ugly lunch box thing and keep it in there. Better yet, inside one of those thermous bottles that is in the plastic lunch boxes. Or you could get one of those cans that looks like soup but instead it plays music cause there is an ipod inside. iSoup skin...the next big thing

Maybe they should make a skin that doesn't look like an iPod anymore...looks like a text book...we all know kids don't open those anymore. 😀

 

[mms]

Maybe they should make a skin that doesn't look like an iPod anymore...looks like a text book...we all know kids don't open those anymore. 😀

lol that would be great. But it would no doubt take away from the prestige of owning an iPod for most people.

Doesn't happen at my high school though. Coming from a very privileged area, iPods are as common as rocks. The school's official stance is that they will take no responsibility and will actually not even take a report if one is stolen, but they don't ban it. In fact, there are so many that the school didn't mention music players as a whole but specifically iPods, the most expensive of them (since about every third person has one). You see so many of them around during passing periods that they're not so prestigious. And luckily, if you keep it reasonably safe, it won't get taken; there's always some people leaving it out from whom it's easier to steal from.

 

[nelwd]

Get an iTrip

Simple, buy an iTrip, and a small personal radio. Tune the radio into the itrip, and then you never need take the ipod out in public. If they don't know about it, they can't pinch it. The signal may distort the sound slightly, but if you try before you buy you will see if you can live with it.

 

[iJon]

Man we have some crazy ideas in this thread. Is it really that hard to keep track of it. It's no different than holding on to my cell phone, car keys or whatever. Buy a case for it and keep it in your pocket. Surely you will know if someone is reaching in your pockets to take it. I'm still kind of curious what kind of answer you are looking for on this forum. I see two solutions: Don't take it to school or don't let your valuables out of your sight. Sorry for the rant, it's late and I felt like saying it.

iJon

 

[deral]

I got an intriging idear that just might work:

I've seen on the telly how these dumb kids melted pennies onto their skin...maybe if you did the same and permantly connected your ipod to your...oh wait, nevermind..that would hurt, and you'd have a hard time upgrading in a few years... 😕

 

[afehrenbach]

The answer is plain and simple and has been said by many others already: just don't bring it to school in the first place. It's the only sure bet that it won't get stolen, and besides you really shouldn't have it there in the first place... besides, how many of us can actually do our best work while listening to music (besides easy listenening, light jazz, classical, etc.) at the same time? 🙄

 

[XIII]

Just read what iJon siad. Seems the simple, quick answer.