After surveying one homeroom from each grade, 90% of students use an Apple iPod to listen to music. Most kids have five-hundred or more songs that they listen to on their iPods daily, and most update their iPods weekly as new songs or videos come out on the charts.

However, where do the students download their music from? 

According to students in upper-class the right way to download music is to illegally download off of the website “Limewire.” An anonymous source stated, “Just don’t pay, and don’t get caught.” 

Why?

According to anonymous seniors in Mr. Charles Rara’s AB Prep class, “It’s way better! “ “Why pay when you don’t have to!”

The seniors could be right after all, but is it legally right? Of course not.

According to lower class students, they just pay for their music on iTunes. The freshman and sophomores have the right idea according to illegal music downloading laws. 

Sophomore Renee Laurencelle feels the same way, “It’s just not right to download illegal music,” she stated. “Those artists work hard, and then you just take it away,” she laughed. Laurencelle has a whole other approach to look at it.

But do students really have five hundred dollars to pay for music? 

Of course not.

With songs on iTunes costing ninety-nine cents how do you expect a high school student to pay for those five hundred plus songs they jam to? Junior Liz Schatzkin says “My dad’s credit card.”

One thing is for sure, Tyngsboro does love their music.

According to the survey, almost every student listens to their iPod on their school busses, getting pumped up before the big game as well as working out after school .

One fact is certain, Tyngsboro students listen to hundreds of songs on their iPods but when it comes to paying the five hundred dollars, the money charged is the issue.