Actually, the best protection would be to let them completely break their computer and leave it broken. Give them the install CD, show them how to format the drive and tell them to have at it. After they spend 12 hours reformatting and reinstalling all their garbage once or twice, I'm sure they'll figure out how to stop breaking their systems.
Of course, this doesn't work if you only have one computer in your house, but I suppose that's a whole other kettle of fish...
Yeah, that pesky "equal protection under the law" thing is so annoying. I hate it when I expect to be treated and judged by the same criteria as someone else...stupid Constitution.
Yes of course, because if *you* survived on 2400 bps in 1989, then kids in school today should be able to as well? That's the worst kind of logic I've ever heard. The bottom line is this: Kids grow up these days with broadband all around them. Learning needs to be mentally stimulating to be effective. You can't take a kid who has been exposed to flashy presentations (video games, et al.) and put him in front of a TRS-80 connected to "that internet-thingy" and expect it to be effective.
It's also true that, 95% of the time, it's really not worth it to cowtow to the federal/state governments to get the "free" money they're giving out for education, but public school boards are afraid of the bad PR they will get if the public finds out there was "free" money being given away by the federal/state government and they didn't get it. Damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Education has become big business, and it's what is killing the Public School System.
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Nobody has seen Robert Palmer for a few weeks.
I guess he was Simply Irresistable.
Actually, the best protection would be to let them completely break their computer and leave it broken. Give them the install CD, show them how to format the drive and tell them to have at it. After they spend 12 hours reformatting and reinstalling all their garbage once or twice, I'm sure they'll figure out how to stop breaking their systems.
Of course, this doesn't work if you only have one computer in your house, but I suppose that's a whole other kettle of fish...
Yeah, that pesky "equal protection under the law" thing is so annoying. I hate it when I expect to be treated and judged by the same criteria as someone else...stupid Constitution.
Yes of course, because if *you* survived on 2400 bps in 1989, then kids in school today should be able to as well? That's the worst kind of logic I've ever heard. The bottom line is this: Kids grow up these days with broadband all around them. Learning needs to be mentally stimulating to be effective. You can't take a kid who has been exposed to flashy presentations (video games, et al.) and put him in front of a TRS-80 connected to "that internet-thingy" and expect it to be effective.
It's also true that, 95% of the time, it's really not worth it to cowtow to the federal/state governments to get the "free" money they're giving out for education, but public school boards are afraid of the bad PR they will get if the public finds out there was "free" money being given away by the federal/state government and they didn't get it. Damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Education has become big business, and it's what is killing the Public School System.