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[quote=Anonymous]Sadly, the "poorer" kids do have nice phones where I teach.  I teach at a Title One school but I teach in the primary grades.  I'm asked to administer the MSA to older students every year.  This past year, I had a group of around 13-15 4th graders.  I asked if anyone had a phone with them (the rule is that they leave it in their locker but it isn't enforced).  8 of the 14 kids raised their hands.  I was shocked!  These are kids who qualify for free lunches at school so their HHI is super low.  Most of the phones were nice ones too!  I collected them and thought about my son who is a year older who won't have a phone this nice until he can pay for it!  When he gets to middle school, I might get him a cheap flip or slide phone but certainly not a nice one.  I work hard to afford my iphone so there is no way I will just give this to him.  He uses my old ipod and half of the time, he isn't sure where it is!  So there is no way I will buy and pay for an expensive phone every month.[/quote]

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