PocketMatrix

sounds like to me that they want you to do pencil and paper notes and you are all "onoO, i want tio o it O my poX0R3t pc bec4use i ma a naRdy nArdy geeky Geek nardyt nardy poX0re-tprot3ctor naqrd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1~~~~~~~ "

geez, the dialectilizer is the best...

WHOOPS cross-thread contamination

Yeah, every one of us is an expert at German Law. ~

This isn't the first time Eike has had legalities within the system and his teachers. I guess they aren't legalities- they are just legal concerns.

If you are indeed using your PPC to take notes (and not playing games or MP3s) then they shouldn't have an issue.

It is a method of recording and organsing information, no different than a pencil and paper. Its just more high tech. If they take away your PPC, then they should be taking all the pencils and paper away from everyone as well.

BUT if you are playing games, then you can't do shit.

In America the teachers ARE your parents. En Loco Parentis, in place of the parent. But rules are there for a disruptive student, not a kid that's eagerly using all available resources to better his or her grade in school. You were not using it for games when the teacher took it away, any type of principal should understand enough to atleast give it back to you after agreeing with your parents to make sure you don't bring it back in. I asked an administrator at my school about this before I brought in my PocketPC so I was more or less exempt from it being taken away. If a teacher did take it away I had a perfect reason from someone in higher authority than the teacher. It's all just depends on the way you talk it out with the person in charge. Don't take them to court over it. If laws are anything like they are in America you'd be laughed out of the building. Just talk it over reasonably with the principal, with your parents with you, and then go see the teacher afterwards, apologize, tell her you were only taking notes and would never disrespect her by playing games in class, then assure her that you won't bring it in again without asking her first.

In fact I wanted to know that so i could say something like "hey, you mustnt do that due to §...". Uh, randall...i dont think i had other problems with my teachers before. please tell me why you think i had. also, there are some german pm members around who might have known something.
thanks,
Eike

Taking copious amounts of notes is considered a bad thing 'cos then you're not concentrating on what the teacher is actually saying.

Cheers,

Refractor