Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for June 02, 2009
Transcript:
Alix: Holly, there's nothing embarrassing about needing summer school... Alix: Mom says we all learn at a different pace... Holly: She thinks I'm not SMART?! Holly: I'm PLENTY smart! The only reason I failed those classes is that I listened to my iPOD through most of - Holly: ER...how long have you BEEN there?? Val: Long enough to know, I'M gettin' an iPOD.
My high school only let us use our iPods, Zunes, or other digital music player when we were taking a test, writing a paper, or finished work early. Failure to do so resulted in the teacher taking it and putting it in their desk (or a shoebox “iPrison”). The consequences naturally got more dire with each succeeding offense.