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  tss, 29 Aug 2001 @ 3:42pm

  
  

  wow - not

  Wow, clicking on the explorer icon and learning to surf in mere weeks, could they all be secret cloned-kids from einstein??? The "blurb" makes it sound like these kids are all CCNA's, then you read the article and the kids learned to surf the web and run MS-Paint. Not exactly on the same level as the cure for cancer. Why this seems special, or that the kids in India are special lacks anytype of science to back it up. I'm guessing monkeys (not to slam kids in India or anywhere else) given the same setup would produce similiar results.
  
  To top it off, the article ends with a paragraph that first says that computers are not intutative and hard to use, then follows up with the statement that kids that can't speak english were able to figure them out. What's wrong with that logic???

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    Ivan Sick, 3 May 2005 @ 9:31am

    
    

    Re: wow - not

    I can see why you think this is not a big deal. And it really isn't. However: I work for a computer refurbisher. We work with P2s, mostly, and we sell them at low cost to families and organizations in need. I've worked at every level in this company: bench tech, support, delivery, desk job, so I've seen it all. Compared to ~20-30% of our customers, these kids are smart. Very smart.

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