Uh, hello genius, capitalistic enterprises can't hire people with no skills. You know how many welfare recipients can't even show up to work on time?
Employers hire unskilled people all the time and pay them accordingly. Education and experience are vehicles for becoming more skilled. Increasingly educational institutions expect students to have Internet access.
There are lots of different types of people on welfare for various reasons. When you're poor, transportation and child care can be barriers to employment. But even if some people on welfare are just plain lazy, I'd like it if their kids still had an opportunity to be contributing members of society, rather than just continuing the cycle. Wouldn't you?
I also can't help but notice the problems were all on the school's side...alternative communication methods could have been used, but darn it it's just too hard! (for us)
Alternative means of communication were used but were both slower and more expensive. And as I mentioned, more and more teachers want to use materials that are only available on-line.
We must eradicate capitalism and the free market! Forward to equalism! When everyone's income will be considered decent by a Pakistani bricklayer.
I said nothing about eradicating capitalism, but like any economic system, it has its downsides which can't be just waved away.