On Friday 11 March 2011 09:00:03 [email protected] wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> > Mike Lxxxxx <[email protected]>
> > Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:28:12 +1100
> > 
> > Hi, I usually just lurk here,
> 
> Thanks for 'de-cloaking' :))
> 
> > Basically, these things are a dead end. For educational purposes, they
> > fail miserably mostly because they are extremely slow, clumsy to use and
> > generally the only use these get are by naiive teachers and by lazy
> > teachers who would rather have most of a class playing crappy Flash
> > games on crappy laptops instead of teaching a class.
> 
> One of my concerns when my children reach your age.
> 
> > PS I'm a complete noob to mailing lists so I'm probably sending this
> > wrong, sorry.
> 
> Nope. Perfectly fine and thanks for giving us your 
> first hand view. It's similar to that I've heard 
> from friends who's own children have received 
> these machines.
> 
> If you ever get the chance, you should see if one 
> of your parents (or another relative/friend) can 
> bring you along to a SLUG meeting.

Patrick
your response was kind and graceous and I have no doubt whatsoever that it 
carried no slight.

If Mike is a 17yo vs say a 12yo then it is condescending :-)

James
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