On Sep 7, 2005, at 2:58 PM, Zoltan Batiz wrote:
On Sep 7, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Tom Ethen wrote:
Lets see---$20 x 145 students = $2,900 compared to 200 floppies
for $20. You
bet, I will jump right on that one.
Tom
Actually, "under $20" was to be vague and wasn't the point. The
actual price these days on eBay is cheaper than floppies. I just
checked and saw a lot of 40 128 Meg flash drives going for $3.00.
So, check things out before you make a snide comment. Also, I was
unaware that America's education system has gotten so out of hand
that one teacher has to deal with 145 students. I remember a time
when the maximum was only about 32.
It's time to take a time out here. I teach 3 high school classes and
2 college classes for a total of 116 students. I happen to share your
opinion about floppies TODAY but I didn't share it 3 years ago. It is
only within the last 18 months that flash drives have dropped in
price enough to consider them possible floppy replacements. Also, I
don't know where you are getting the idea that 80% of students have
computers at home. My county demographics last spring showed 46% of
households had computers.
david
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