Comment Sometimes computers are useless (Score 1) 501
When I went to high school, they decided to put a computer in every classroom. They also put a bunch of computers in the library, one in the grammer classroom, and replaced a lab that was in the technology department. Every student got space on the network's server for his work, which could be accessed from any computer.
Were the computers use? Nah. Occasionally, some students would use the computers to type up a report at the last minute. The computers in the classrooms were never used, and the ones in the library were used for a little research, but mostly the students checked email, chatted on AIM (which they weren't allowed to download), and played games at candystand.com. In the grammar room, the class used the computer once a week to use a program that would help them practice grammar. The students could learn a lot more if they used a textbook for that practice. The only computers that were worth the money were the ones in the technology dept.
My point? Schools don't need many computers. Students abuse them, pulling out CD drives while the computer is off, scribbling pen on the computers, sticking pencils into the floppy drives, and degaussing the screen.
There is also the further stupidity of teaching students how to use MS Works in middle school, and then installing MS Word at the high school.
Were the computers use? Nah. Occasionally, some students would use the computers to type up a report at the last minute. The computers in the classrooms were never used, and the ones in the library were used for a little research, but mostly the students checked email, chatted on AIM (which they weren't allowed to download), and played games at candystand.com. In the grammar room, the class used the computer once a week to use a program that would help them practice grammar. The students could learn a lot more if they used a textbook for that practice. The only computers that were worth the money were the ones in the technology dept.
My point? Schools don't need many computers. Students abuse them, pulling out CD drives while the computer is off, scribbling pen on the computers, sticking pencils into the floppy drives, and degaussing the screen.
There is also the further stupidity of teaching students how to use MS Works in middle school, and then installing MS Word at the high school.
