On Jan 11, 2009, at 11:06 PM, Jeffrey Kesselman wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Carlos Nazareno > <object...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Since when is more equipment then a pencil and a sheet of paper >>> necessary for a school quiz?? >> >> When they are not available. > > Im confused.... if the basic necessities like paper and a pencil arent > available, what is any responsible government > doing spending even $200 a child on computers?? Not to mention the > infrastructure to support them? > > Sorry, it just seems really really ass-backward to me.
A laptop can be written on for a child's entire school career. A single piece of paper only works once and then must be discarded (maybe composted at best). --Noah _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel