Palo Alto Laptop Plan Scratched For Now
from the outcry-not-expected dept
Following the outcry from parents all over Palo Alto when told that they would have to buy their kids $2,000 laptops, the school district has put that plan on hold for the time being, while they try to sort out the issues raised by the parents. It says the did consider asking companies for donations, but chose not to, because the program is in only one of three middle schools in the district, and they didn't think it was fair to exclude the other two from a donation program. Of course... if they focused on the one school, and showed business how successful the program was, they would probably be able to secure donations for the other schools. I guess that involves too much long term thinking, though.
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if not, you can get a great used laptop on ebay for $500. it will do ANYTHING a highschooler needs it for.
i bet the parents drive overpriced $60,000 SUV's
parents will spend $135,000 for college
$2000 screen TV
$2000 in credit card interest
$20k kitchen remodel
$1000 week long summer camp
$1000 turkish rippoff scam tourist rug
$1000 weber BBQ grill
$2000 patio furniture
$3000 crate and barell dining room table
new $20000 car for 16 year old, who crashes it
$200 dinners out
$50,000 weddings filled with overpriced ripoff bulllshit scams
3 phone lines in house
giant house, each person has own floor
$300 hairdos for wife
$4000 jungle gym
yet complain about a computer
people are so aumsing
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