Stolen iPad

frozenfrozen

A young girl in the school I attend had her iPad stolen today. She's probably about 13 years old and is from Korea and has no family here in Ireland and the iPad was her way of translating and staying in contact with her family.

I was trying to think of a way to replace this and thought maybe a school raffle would be a good way. I've no idea how many people actually buy raffle tickets though. Does anyone have any ideas about how to get money to buy a replacement for her, or have any idea about how to organise the raffle.

There are approximately 600 students in the school. A colours day is another fairly decent option.

sorry that this thread is like a civics class trying to raise money for a school trip but it's seriously unfair that this happened to this girl and the school as a community need to fix it

inb4 someone thinks im white knighting

3ndahalfof6

Buy one yourself, put it up for raffle, with it being young kids the rest will look after itself,

you should have enough left over for a good weekend in Amsterdam.

Biggins

Honestly, who really in their right mind allows any child bring an expensive iPad to school?
Thats asking for trouble.

I could be wrong!

DipStick McSwindler

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frozenfrozen

Biggins wrote: »

Honestly, who really in their right mind allows any child bring an expensive iPad to school?
Thats asking for trouble.

I could be wrong!

I know I know, but she does use probably google translate (If that does non-western languages?) as her main way of communicating past her small understanding of English.

There's a school in and around Limerick that required each student to have an iPad instead of school books, so there are a few people who do leave their parents bring them to school!

My name is URL

She's probably about 13 years old and is from Korea and has no family here in Ireland

What's that all about?

frozenfrozen

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

Ehhhh What????????

She lives with an Irish family, and comes to school here to learn English / do the leaving cert. And she's in 1st year so about 13 is my guess.

El Horseboxo

Must be a very independent 13 year old. In another country buy herself.

Have a race night or a pub quiz. Sure most of the kids are drinking at that age anyways.

miller50841

The person that took it is responsible not the school not the grounskeeper not the stars in the sky why should the school or community need to fix ?

Biggins

frozenfrozen wrote: »

I know I know, but she does use probably google translate (If that does non-western languages?) as her main way of communicating past her small understanding of English.

There's a school in and around Limerick that required each student to have an iPad instead of school books, so there are a few people who do leave their parents bring them to school!

I would have suggest the girl use a cheaper phone with translate app on it?

As for the school with the Ipads, as many more equally would have had same, the incentive to steal one there would have been much lesser?

Anyway, sad to hear this item was stolen.
They are the price they are, far from easily replaced.

nbar12

iDon't believe it

Micky Dolenz

Price an iPad and split it 500 or 600 hundred ways.
Every student could afford a € or so.


Do we have to think of everything?

frozenfrozen

miller50841 wrote: »

The person that took it is responsible not the school not the grounskeeper not the stars in the sky why should the school or community need to fix ?

It won't get fixed then. Yes that person is responsible but they're (probably) not going to bring it back or replace it for her, if they took it in the first place...

I won't be doing a collection here on boards so don't worry miller. People who want to help inside the school can help. and hopefully people can empathise with the situation more than you have.

frozenfrozen

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Price an iPad and split it 500 or 600 hundred ways.
Every student could afford a € or so.


Do we have to think of everything?

That would do if it was a place with 600 people who want to help. But this is a school with people who are aged between 12 and 19. Its going to take more planning than passing around a paper cup

3ndahalfof6

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Price an iPad and split it 500 or 600 hundred ways.
Every student could afford a € or so.


Do we have to think of everything?

Yes but this wont cover the weekend in Amsterdam.

Talib Fiasco

Where was it stolen? Like if it was in school just wring the person responsible..you'll save money too..only if that's the situation.

Biggins

Was the Ipad covered by any household insurance where the girl resides?

Micky Dolenz

Go to pc, write a plea. Print out and hand around school. Then see what comes in.

3ndahalfof6

There must be some way to track a piece of equipment like that at this stage of the game.

Micky Dolenz

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

Yes but this wont cover the weekend in Amsterdam.

Best get there soon. No smoking allowed very shortly.

miller50841

Save Ferris

listermint

Get her a google nexus 7 they are cheaper and do the same job.. besides google translate rocks.

frozenfrozen

TheComeUp wrote: »

Where was it stolen? Like if it was in school just wring the person responsible..you'll save money too..only if that's the situation.

Unfortunately the person responsible isn't / wasn't known the last time I heard anything about it.

Biggins wrote: »

Was the Ipad covered by any household insurance where the girl resides?

That would be great, do things like ipads have to be named on house insurance?

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

There must be some way to track a piece of equipment like that at this stage of the game.

Find my ipad / find my iphone is an option, but unfortunately this app can be turned off easily within seconds of the device being stolen. and even if there is a password on the ipad the person can just turn it off until they can get to a computer to wipe it

3ndahalfof6

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Best get there soon. No smoking allowed very shortly.

The raffle will take place tomorrow at 12:00, all tickets will be sold force-ably on entry to class, your lunch money for the rest of the week will be required,

GL all, this is a very important weekend.

Biggins

frozenfrozen wrote: »

That would be great, do things like ipads have to be named on house insurance?

Thats a good question.
It boils down to the details within the signed up to, policy.
Each separate insurance company has it own specifications.

DylanII

If her parents can afford to send her to school in Ireland then surely they can afford to send her a new ipad.

My name is URL

frozenfrozen wrote: »

She lives with an Irish family, and comes to school here to learn English / do the leaving cert. And she's in 1st year so about 13 is my guess.

Is this usual? I don't want to derail the thread, but I've never heard of a kid coming over from Korea or wherever else without their family, at 12-13 years of age, to spend 6 years here learning English and doing the leaving cert. That sounds very odd to me.. in fact I'd find that more upsetting than the girl having her iPad stolen.

Talib Fiasco

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Unfortunately the person responsible isn't / wasn't known the last time I heard anything about it.

Ah okay. But if you could establish when and where first it'd be a smarter thing to do. Like I know it's highly unlikely it'll turn up and organising a replacement is a sound thing to do but ye should at least try and track it down first anyway..it'll cost practically nothing and you never know luck and all that...

krudler

ha, i love that the ad on the bottom of the page is to win an ipad, get entering OP

Renn

And I love the idea that it must be an ipad that is bought.

Non uniform day. €1 per child to participate. Kids freakin love non uniform days.

3ndahalfof6

Deleted User wrote: »

Non uniform day. €1 per child to participate. Kids freakin love non uniform days.

But who will look after the fallout 9mts later.

Pottler

That'll speed her up learning english. iCrutch.

Grayditch

Can't she knock up another one in a half hour?


I kid, I kid.

N64

krudler wrote: »

ha, i love that the ad on the bottom of the page is to win an ipad, get entering OP

You don't use adblock plus?

Gyalist

My name is URL wrote: »

frozenfrozen wrote: »

She lives with an Irish family, and comes to school here to learn English / do the leaving cert. And she's in 1st year so about 13 is my guess.

Is this usual? I don't want to derail the thread, but I've never heard of a kid coming over from Korea or wherever else without their family, at 12-13 years of age, to spend 6 years here learning English and doing the leaving cert. That sounds very odd to me.. in fact I'd find that more upsetting than the girl having her iPad stolen.

I don't see what's so strange about it. In the last decade or so I've had 4 Japanese students who did their TY work experience with us. They were at school in Sutton and had come here at 13 to be educated through English. All stayed and sat the LC here as well.

I know someone who came here from Trinidad & Tobago in the early 1960s to go to a convent school when she was six. Luckily she had two older siblings here as well.

I know kids whose parents sent them to board at Rathdown when they were quite young. At Headfort in Meath they accept them from seven.

At boarding schools like St. Columba's and Alexandra College you'll meet kids who were sent here at 12/13 to begin their secondary education.

Some friends of mine were the legal guardians of a young Iranian boy who came here to go to school back in the late 80s. He was one of the top LC students in the country despite arriving here four years previously not knowing a word of English.

That you may not have met anyone in those circumstances does not mean that it does not happen far more than you are aware.

Wee Willy Harris

If iPad mini becomes a reality, I might steal that

punchdrunk

in my days in secondary school if so much as a pencil case went missing the classes would grind to a halt until it was found (show me a teacher who doesn't relish a good mystery??)

how in the name of god does an ipad go amiss on school grounds and the school not get to the bottom of it?

3ndahalfof6

punchdrunk wrote: »

in my days in secondary school if so much as a pencil case went missing the classes would grind to a halt until it was found (show me a teacher who doesn't relish a good mystery??)

how in the name of god does an ipad go amiss on school grounds and the school not get to the bottom of it?

It was Willie.

frozenfrozen

punchdrunk wrote: »

in my days in secondary school if so much as a pencil case went missing the classes would grind to a halt until it was found (show me a teacher who doesn't relish a good mystery??)

how in the name of god does an ipad go amiss on school grounds and the school not get to the bottom of it?

In fairness they did try. During the next period (it went missing over break) they delayed everyone 10 minutes in each room while teachers went around and told everyone that it's missing and that they want it returned etc etc, and during that time a teacher later told me that they were walking around all the lockers with an iphone to see if they could find the ipads bluetooth(if it was on....), and they looked to see if it was connected to the school network, which it mustn't have been.

punchdrunk

frozenfrozen wrote: »

In fairness they did try. During the next period (it went missing over break) they delayed everyone 10 minutes in each room while teachers went around and told everyone that it's missing and that they want it returned etc etc, and during that time a teacher later told me that they were walking around all the lockers with an iphone to see if they could find the ipads bluetooth(if it was on....), and they looked to see if it was connected to the school network, which it mustn't have been.

can't a school search lockers and bags anymore?

Biggins

Wee Willy Harris wrote: »

If iPad mini becomes a reality, I might steal that

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/ipad-mini-release-date-news-and-rumours-1076821

Possibly Christmas?

holystungun9

Deleted User wrote: »

Non uniform day. €1 per child to participate. Kids freakin love non uniform days.

Word from the wise. Better to be working in the school or have a child going there before you start petitioning for a non uniform day. Recently I had been, ahem, relocated to a new area. I ducked and dived the 500 metres to the nearest school with my clip board and suggestions.
I'm going to be relocated again in the next week. :mad:

3ndahalfof6

punchdrunk wrote: »

can't a school search lockers and bags anymore?

Their not all bad looking, I know im going to get punished, but I could not help myself.

keith16

Wee Willy Harris wrote: »

If iPad mini becomes a reality, I might steal that

Is that not just....an i-phone?

kowloon

Renn wrote: »

And I love the idea that it must be an ipad that is bought.

I think it has become a bit like 'Hoover'. People who see a tablet just call it an 'iPad' not knowing what brand it actually is. It leads to people walking into a shop and asking for an ipad when they could have bought something else that better suits their needs.
No salesperson, particularly someone getting commission, is going to suggest a cheaper more suitable alternative.

I'm sure if the girl needs a tablet so badly she'll be more than happy to get anything that'll do the job, even if it isn't quite as fashionable.

keith16

keith16 wrote: »

Is that not just....an i-phone?

iTouch



That's a product, not a confession

kowloon

You're a mod now, can't be going around getting the plebs excited.

What? That wasn't in my contract?

keith16

kowloon wrote: »

You're a mod now, can't be going around getting the plebs excited.

HEY....I wasn't excited...

ok I was a bit

keith16

keith16 wrote: »

HEY....I wasn't excited...

ok I was a bit

You calling yourself a pleb?