I haven't read the whole thread, I just took a quick glance at the first page. I just wanted to say that you people who claim that it's shameful to bring your tamagotchis to school are hilarious. I remember in '98, when I was in third grade and everyone had their tamagotchis and we were all playing with them under our desks to escape the unbearable boredom of social studies. If you were smart, you'd turn the sound off... Of course, these were the old ones that you couldn't pause (unless leaving it in time set mode counts, which I remember trying and I think it still beeped, so it didn't really work...) and if I'm not mistaken, these new ones are a lot easier in that they don't beep nearly as often as the old ones did...and you can pause them! Oh, how I wish I could have paused mine back in grade 3! If you're in elementary school, as I imagine most of you are, you really don't need to worry too much about your education. I'd say it's more important to enjoy yourself, have fun while you can. I really miss sitting in the back of the classroom with my friends, all of us playing with our tamagotchis, reading MAD magazines that we hardly understood, pigging out on fruit roll-ups and fruit snacks, all while listening to the Spice Girls on our cheap little walkmen. Hiding it all from the teacher was half the fun! Although my grades were as good as ever that year, I wouldn't encourage it! I mean, who likes the Spice Girls anymore? (Okay...they're a guilty pleasure of mine. It's the nostalgia...and those cool boots.) Still, you have plenty of time to worry about education later on, when it actually matters, so don't waste your childhood!