On 01-Feb-08, at 10:33 AM, vivek v wrote: >> The point to consider here is wheter a laptop in the hands of an >> uneducated >> poor child is going to significantly alter his life. >> will it prevent him from dropping out of school or help him get a >> college >> degree. > We are talking about OLPC serving this purpose in two ways. > Children getting used to technology, especially *free* technology. > Now is technology helps a person get a degree or stop him from drop is > a different question. > But Technology does help bring a refreshing change to the way > education is delivered.
more to the point is that the people who question what a uneducated poor child would do with a laptop are also people who have laptops. Incidently what do most educated rich children do with their laptops? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
