PattyCake
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OH this is a good one. Most people over the age of 25 do not hear the noise (hehehehe so it doesn't bother the teachers) just the kids. So am I allowed to install the noise anywhere near my home
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29717006/
"It puts out a high-pitched noise that teenagers can hear but most adults over 25 cannot."
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BUT alas, the teens I see use it to their advantage. lol
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/technology/12ring.html
"In settings where cellphone use is forbidden in class, for example it is perfect for signaling the arrival of a text message without being detected by an elder of the species.
"When I heard about it I didn't believe it at first," said Donna Lewis, a technology teacher at the Trinity School in Manhattan. "But one of the kids gave me a copy, and I sent it to a colleague. She played it for her first graders. All of them could hear it, and neither she nor I could."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29717006/
"It puts out a high-pitched noise that teenagers can hear but most adults over 25 cannot."
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BUT alas, the teens I see use it to their advantage. lol
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/technology/12ring.html
"In settings where cellphone use is forbidden in class, for example it is perfect for signaling the arrival of a text message without being detected by an elder of the species.
"When I heard about it I didn't believe it at first," said Donna Lewis, a technology teacher at the Trinity School in Manhattan. "But one of the kids gave me a copy, and I sent it to a colleague. She played it for her first graders. All of them could hear it, and neither she nor I could."