Addiction

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I have students who exhibit all the classic signs of addiction when told they cannot use their lap tops to surf the internet and play games in class. They are unable to restrain themselves and limit their laptop use to the academic task at hand and get very angry and defensive when told to put their computers away after violating the school's computer use policy. Others exhibit the same behaviors with their cell phones, hand held game players, and MP3 players. I allow use of the MP3 players when they are doing solo work, but not during whole class activities, and they constantly try to sneak one ear bud in, even though they are risking confiscation.

Carol