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From: Don Green	7/5/2005 12:10:40 AM
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Schools pull plug on iPods Liam Houlihan, youth reporter 05jul05 SCHOOLS are banning mini digital music players because they are being blamed for rising crime among children as young as five. Education authorities say the plague is fuelling violent attacks and thefts and making teaching impossible. They say parents are sending five-year-olds off to school with the mini or MP3 players and demanding the school foot the bill when the $500 devices are lost or stolen. Thefts of MP3 players, camera phones and electronic organisers and fights over the gadgets are being driven by peer pressure to have the latest technology. "These kids feel the pressure to have a laptop computer, a TV in their room, an iPod mini, a phone camera," said Primary Principals Association president Fred Ackerman. Primary schools say mini players such as Apple iPods and other MP3 players are all the rage in grades three to six and are not unknown among prep students. "From five years ago to now, there's been considerably more incidents," said Andrew Blair, president of the State Secondary Principals Association. "I suspect we've seen a rise in (theft and violence) incidents of about 20 per cent since these things became popular." heraldsun.news.com.au

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