I'm as big a technology buff as anyone, but being a Philadelphia resident myself I'd have to say that there are better places for ten million dollars to go. Philly schools are among the poorest, underfunded, and underperforming schools in the country. In general, the city is very poor, and we have huge ghettos that cover most of the North and West parts of the city. Making these residents pay the brunt of the taxes to support the system (many of whom are too poor to own computers) is unfair. Their tax money could be better spent going to the public school system to help their children's future.
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I'm as big a technology buff as anyone, but being a Philadelphia resident myself I'd have to say that there are better places for ten million dollars to go. Philly schools are among the poorest, underfunded, and underperforming schools in the country. In general, the city is very poor, and we have huge ghettos that cover most of the North and West parts of the city. Making these residents pay the brunt of the taxes to support the system (many of whom are too poor to own computers) is unfair. Their tax money could be better spent going to the public school system to help their children's future.