WAITE,

is that potato, or potatoe (where's dan Quayle when you need him?)

Dave Darnell wrote:

> "Someone" thinks this thread is getting too emotional.
>
> Our high school graduate competency in the USA falls so short of adequate
> that we shouldn't be spending any money at all on computers unless the
> expenditure contributes significantly toward increasing performance.
> (Earmarked of tagged funds excepted.)
>
> Analogy, if I'm so destitute that I can't provide for my family's basic
> nutritional needs, why am I using food stamps for soft drinks and potato
> chips?
>
> -Dave Darnell
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Toback [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 11:41 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: OT - How to start a war in one easy posting
> >
> >
> > Someone wrote:
> >
> > >Though I don't have current experience in the educational
> > realm, I had
> > >assumed that because computer skills are now considered so
> > important, we
> > >were using computers to teach them about computers.  It
> > makes sense to me,
> > >then, that we would want them to learn to use the most
> > commonly encountered
> > >tools (WinTel), regardless of the fact that the lesser-used
> > tools (Mac)
> > >might be better tools.
> >
> > This is ridiculous.
> >
> > I've heard this grating, off-key song for years, and it makes no more
> > sense now than it did the first time it was sung.
> <snip>

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