As someone who worked Admin/Support in a K-12 school long enough to see kids come in one end and leave at the other, I can say that a good portion of people in this age group simply like breaking shit (that does not belong to them).

They get a kick out of knowing that SOMEONE is going to be inconvenienced by it, either the next user or the support guys who have to try and fix it.

For example; Switching to optical mice saved us a good 30 mins a day in replacing mouse balls, we would usually find the balls with the rubber peeled off them sitting on the desk next to the mouse... The switch to small form factor PCs with laptop style optical drives saved us hours a week fixing the little drive belts that open and close the tray (which can be flipped off in seconds with a paperclip)... but also provided us several chances a week to try and explain to the warranty people how the lens in the drive got covered in permanent texta (this destroys them BTW)...

Additionally, a handful of these sticks dropped around a school would result in many, many broken computers by the end of the day... "Hey Jimmy, this USB stick I found in the playground doesn't work in this PC, try it in yours..."

If only we had been allowed to install the taser mice I suggested life would have been much more fun (for us)... :P

Cheers.

You're kidding right?

For a number of years I worked as an IT guy in a K-12 school. I frequently had to explain the subject matter to the IT teacher in the break time before they took a class.

"You can turn it on, work a mouse and keyboard? You get to teach IT!"

The vast majority of children at the school (ages 5 to 18) knew more about technology and computers (note I did not say IT) than any of the teachers.

IF there is an intelligent creator, and he/she/it is capable of creating universes/planets/life out of nothing...

What makes you think that you could possibly understand his/her/it's design decisions?

For the record I do not beleive in such an entity...