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Thursday, August 29, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/technology/circuits/15SCHO.html As Gadgets Go to Class, Schools Try to Cope JENNIFER 8. LEE It was like the scene from the movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," only for a wireless generation. Elena Brooks was incredulous when a pizza deliveryman arrived at Bethel High School one day last spring with an order for a student who was in class. Finding the culprit was simple enough. "Go into the room, tell everyone to turn their cellphones on and find out which phone has the number stored for the pizza place," said Ms. Brooks, the principal of Bethel High, in Hampton, Va. When identified, the student said he had ordered the pizza because he had missed lunch. "He didn't see anything wrong with it at all, which was amazing," she said. For Ms. Brooks and thousands of other teachers and school administrators across the country, the start of a new school year means more incidents like the pizza episode (which ended with its being confiscated). With cellphones and other electronic gadgets playing an increasing role in young people's lives, it is no surprise that they are an increasing presence in schools....
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