I likewise am a Michigan resident. I suspect they are simply going to install MEAP preparation software on the laptops and entirely do away with all other learning materials. I mean if it's not on the MEAP, what's the point in learning it, right?
Your intentions are commendable, but the reality is how do you find teachers that can teach true computer concepts. All my teachers from grade school through high school (excluding the one competent programming instructor) were pretty clueless about using computers, let alone the underlying concepts. Note, I went to school in an upper-middle class neighborhood, not in a poverty stricken district suffering from underfunding.
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I likewise am a Michigan resident. I suspect they are simply going to install MEAP preparation software on the laptops and entirely do away with all other learning materials. I mean if it's not on the MEAP, what's the point in learning it, right?
Your intentions are commendable, but the reality is how do you find teachers that can teach true computer concepts. All my teachers from grade school through high school (excluding the one competent programming instructor) were pretty clueless about using computers, let alone the underlying concepts. Note, I went to school in an upper-middle class neighborhood, not in a poverty stricken district suffering from underfunding.