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writes: I was doing sport on Friday afternoon at school and had my mp3 player stolen from my jacket when it was hanging up in the changing rooms. The changing rooms are always kept locked when we do sport for this exact reason. I talked to a teacher and they have a suspect, but she's sort of a friend of mine. I don't think she knows that it was my mp3 player, she just saw it as something she cold nick. The teacher said she'd talk to this girl on monday about it, but i doubt that they'll get it back from her as she doesn't take well to authority figures. So if the school fail, i'm going to take matters into my own hands,. i need advice on how to go about this. My mp3 player means more to me than any of my other posessions, and cost a lot of money, probably more than she realises. What scares me is she might try to sell it this weekend and there'd bew nothing i could do about it. I need to talk to her about getting it back, but she's a 'disruptive student'. I think she has ADHD or something, but she has no friends because no one can stand the way she'll treat you as a friend one minute and an enemy the next.As we've been getting on well for a couple of months now, i was hoping i could use that to my advantage and try and guilt her into giving it back. She definitely won't use it herself as she wouldn't like my music, and she has no charger or download program to get music onto it, so it's worthless to her and i want to explain this to her, as she's not very clever and wouldn't have figured it out yet. Hopefully this would prevent her from being able to sell it too.If the school fail and i fail to get it back from her, my mum says she's gong to call the police. I only want to do this as a VERY last resort as i know that this girl will make my school life living hell, as will a load of other people that would take her side over mine. Please advise me on how i can reach get her to respond to me.
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reader, anonymous, writes (14 May 2006): Just tell this girl that it is NO use to her and that you'll let her borrow it any time! Tell her to try it out and see if she likes it, she probably won't like it!
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reader, DrPsych  +, writes (13 May 2006):
 You and your mother need to go to the police and at least report this theft - you will get a crime number. Their involvement may put pressure on the school to act. The police may not be able to make an arrest but they may take finger prints off the lockers if you approach them quickly and scare the girl too as her parents will be told. The school may wish to hush, hush this up because it affects their reputation but you have to take action. With a crime number, you maybe able to claim the mp3 player back on your parents house insurance policy as some policies cover this sort of thing.
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reader, bonym +, writes (13 May 2006):
 Forget the other people and what they will do or think, ask the girl politely if she took the MP3 player. Dont let her under any circumstances get away with this. Use your discretion and ask if she knows anything about it, if things start getting out of hand, then ask the school teachers for backup. I know its a hard thing, especially if she may have atttion deficit disorder, but stealing is wrong, regardless. All the best and I hope you get it back. xXx
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reader, willywombat +, writes (13 May 2006):
 I think your Mum needs to call the school and then call the police in that order. If (and it is still an IF, if she wasn't actually SEEN nicking it) she has your MP3 then she deserves everything she gets. ADHD is too frequently used as an excuse to justify bad behaviour. You need to get the teacher concerned to get a shift on otherwise if she sells it you will not be able to catch her with the stolen goods on her and therefore will have no proof. By rights the police should have been called as soon as it went missing so they could search everyone's bags, but hey ho!!
Let your Mum do what she has to do. Bear in mind if this girl starts to bully you just point out in front of everyone that she is a lying thief and tell a responsible adult. With two strikes against her she may learn a lesson or even be suspended form school.
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