Should Ipods be Banned in Schools

In this ever progressing age of technological advances; the schools of america began to notice an arising trend. As the invention of cell phones became the forfront of this technological era, so did the negitive use of cell phones to increase a students grade point average. The use of texting to send classmates the answers to a test, quiz, or assignment in general became a raging trend amoung american teenagers. After the banning of the use of cell phones during school hours was passed, a new trend arose. Multimedia players and ipods were created for entertainment, relaxation, and freedom of expression through music. Consequently the average american teen found a different use. Just like the cell phones, these musically inclinde devices have become the object of school board speculation as teachers and professors began to notice that students had found a way to cheat on classroom assignments with their ipods. Now the question arises; should the use of ipods and multimedia player devices be banned during school hours as well?
I think not. No matter how many new technologies are created, there will always be a student that finds a way to use that invention for negative uses such as cheating. Since the beginning of public school education there has been a student that is willing to excert the effort to find a way around the school system and cheat. Every person learns differently and by banning the use of ipods the schools could be hendering a students process of learning and by extention harming that students academic chances. Many students today use their ipods as a way to relax and focus on the task at hand. I am one such student. Ban the ipod or not, a student is still either going to find a way around the ban or find a different way to cheat. If that student is bent on the idea of cheating, they are going to no matter what "laws" are placed before them.

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