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There’s been a lot of internal talk at work about the fact that some school districts are taking note and banning iPods and Zunes due to concerns about cheating. A co-worker of mine responded to the discussions about this with a brilliant comment:

Funny, I remember in HS when taking tests class the teachers actually watched us taking tests. Cheating using a device (let alone plain cheating) was pretty much impossible. Not sure why this isn’t the case now.

So true. I love how policy becomes a surrogate for actual attention. (Thanks for letting me quote you, Mike).