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Continued Opposition To Laptops in Schools
theskeptic writes "The WSJ has an article about opposition to programs that provide laptops to 6-8th grade kids. Detractors say that the kids are wasting too much time online browsing dangerous sites, instant messaging friends, and posting to Myspace. Parents are worried that serious learning is being neglected in the quest to 'dazzle up presentations with fancy fonts instead of digging through library books.' Some parents however are 'enthusiastic laptop proponents,' one saying the laptop has helped her twelve-year-old son 'master critical professional skills like how to compile a PowerPoint presentation.'" Gaaah.
Yeah Robin Hood's the problem. Not the damn state that can't be bothered to actually tax its residents for the money it needs. I mean aren't we talking about the legislature that just increased funding to the schools by decreasing their tax base? That's a real solution. How does trickle-down work with property taxes exactly? Poor people who can't buy homes will have more money to buy cigarettes and spend time at strip clubs thanks to the lowering of property taxes they don't have to pay? Let's be honest, without the courts constantly making them do things like Robin Hood, the legislature would have stopped funding public schools years ago, and Texas would manage to fall that remaining 3 or so odd slots in state educational ranking (and start working on having worse schools than 3rd world countries).