Anyone with 2 cents worth of common sense could have told them the outcome. The reason most poor are poor in developed nations is because of the poor quality of decisions. Children of families that exhibit this behavior merely continue it. Give them the additional means of wasting more time and making even worse decisions... and they will. What's worse, is that if you GIVE someone this stuff, they don't even value it enough to work for it, meaning they develop an even worse sense of entitlement to be given things and ergo, make even worse decisions.
But, like I said, it didn't need any professors and millions to study it. All they needed to do is ask a few parents of successful kids (and even unsuccessful kids) what lack of parenting does and what it results in, and the outcome was easily predicted without any need for studies. Too bad the "intellectuals" can't seem to grasp such common sense stuff. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jeromie Reeves" <jree...@18-30chat.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:21 AM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: [WISPA] It only feels like Friday > Interesting read of the short version. Is universal net access good or > bad or should we be spending that money on other things, like better > parent education? > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/21/digital_divide_worsened_by_tech/ > >>From the linked page for the research paper > > "You should expect a free download if you are a subscriber, a > corporate associate of the NBER, a journalist, an employee of the U.S. > federal government with a ".GOV" domain name, or a resident of nearly > any developing country or transition economy." > > ...What exactly, is out economy if not transitional? > > > Jeromie > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
