[hkmurakami]

Well there was a significant secondary motivation to see how salespeople reacted to the faked "deafness", so in this case contacting the Apple education group would have rendered this secondary purpose moot.

[unreal37]

I doubt many schools would forgo saving $1500 of expenses (15 laptops at $100 savings each plus whatever free software the Education group throws in) for a small pointless lesson like this.

Also if I was a student, knowing this experiment wouldn't affect my grades at all, I'd be rebelling against this forced lie and talking out loud "accidentally".

[dktbs]

education discounts can be applied in store, as well as the other education offers they occasionally do, like the free iPod touch during the back to school season.

[niggler]

the public education promotions can, but when you purchase for a classroom you get additional discounts (and the stores are not authorized to give it)

[protomyth]

If they are each keeping the machine then you are not allowed to use the school discount, you must use the student rate.