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How Can Tech Help Fight Education Costs?

http101 asks: "With the ever-rising costs of fuel, we seem to forget those that are truly having problems affording it. No, not the homeless, but our own kids. 'Kids,' you ask? Yes, because being driven to school on the 'Yellow Dog' or the 'Edu-Express' better known as a school bus, is costing your state more money than ever before. In my neighborhood, we have a plethora of home connected by fiber and at least high-speed internet. So my question is, how can technology be better-implemented to ensure a student's studies and also lower the costs of fuel for the districts?"

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  1. Re:Distance education by Tackhead · · Score: 2, Funny
    > On another note, distance education could mean the end of school shootings as we know it. Kids would have the Internet to provide some protection from being made fun of because there is no visual contact with other students.

    Because as every gibbering fuckwit knows, the lack of visual contact between people has always ensured a high degree of civility in any new communications medium.

    And now that we've ended school shootings as we've known them, and because class ends in only five minutes, will you please hurry up and respawn so I can pwn j00r n00b a55 again? :)

  2. Re:That's all fine and good, but... by DAldredge · · Score: 2, Funny

    What makes you think that most US teachers are qualified to be teachers? I mean the results kind of speak for themselves.