Re: [DDN] Mandatory Laptop computers

[John Monberg]

Like so many other trends in our society since the Reagan era, 
requiring the purchase of laptops is not simply an increase in costs 
for individuals, it is part of a transformation so that education is 
defined as a private good that benefits individual students instead of 
a public good that benefits everyone in society.

When the people around me are educated, I benefit as well.  The shift 
away from tax supported education is a false bargain.  It is especially 
harms individuals who are economically disadvantaged, but in the long 
run everyone in society is harmed too.

John Monberg 
 

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