RayM wrote:
>
> A pentium laptop can do almost anything a GC can and much
more.
>
and
Beverly R. Broomell wrote:
>
> I believe that this thread has been discussed before and questions
> come to mind:
>
> 1. What school district (the original question came from a
> secondary teacher) will pay for every student to have a laptop on
> which to do papers, math, science, etc. at school, much less
> home? Most parents cannot afford a laptop for each of their
> children and the school district is not likely to put out the funds.
>
> 2. At the community college level, many (if not most) students are
> holding down the equivalent of full time jobs to afford school. Can
> we, in all good conscience, require them to spend hundreds of
> dollars for a laptop when a GC (under $100 for many good ones)
> will suffice? No, they cannot download pdf files, nor word process
> that 20 page paper, but most schools/libraries have computers
> available to use on site. They are not nearly as convenient as a
> laptop, but reality dictates what students can afford.
>
> Just a few wild ramblings on a very hot evening,
> Bev
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