Continued Opposition To Laptops in Schools

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday August 31, 2006 @07:56AM from the grinding-for-faction-in-math-class dept.

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.

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Re:Much ado about nothing? by Redwin · 2006-09-01 00:16 · Score: 0, Redundant

Nothing written on the Internet is true.

Now of course comes the question: Is the above sentence true or false? :-P

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