truman Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Already one on there http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/15/bribo_laptop/ "The Register" always first with the news .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 A home PC also gives low income families access to price comparison sites and on-line deals to save them a bit more money. . "Mission creep" already..I thought they were for furthering the kids' education... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 So you believe that children of poor families should only be able to get jobs that involve "basic" IT skills? You believe that the limit of their ambition should be to be "an office job"? More mission creep?...at the start of this thread people were talking about 11 year olds...what age are we up to now...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBennet Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 So you believe that children of poor families should only be able to get jobs that involve "basic" IT skills? You believe that the limit of their ambition should be to be "an office job"? No I believe that school should involve an all round education. If you want to break off into specialist skills such as programming you can do that as an evening class or college course after leaving school. Not everyone wants to grow up into a geek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 School isn't just about education though, it's about making friends, developing social skills and interacting with other people. Kids aren't going to learn that if they spend their schooldays sat in their bedrooms gawping at a screen. Do we want to raise a generation of unfit, unhealthy coach potatoes? I don't know where you're coming from with your example. If its a school day, then they're in school. If school is closed because of a snow day, work is uploaded to the VLE. They can choose to do the work in normal school hours or go out and play in the snow and do the work later. If they're at home doing homework, they're alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBennet Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 I don't know where you're coming from with your example. If its a school day, then they're in school. If school is closed because of a snow day, work is uploaded to the VLE. They can choose to do the work in normal school hours or go out and play in the snow and do the work later. If they're at home doing homework, they're alone. So you want to spend £300 million on a scheme that might only be needed on the offchance that there's really heavy snow, which only happens about once every 5 years? I do hope you're not in charge of the budget where you work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaFoot Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 If you want to break off into specialist skills such as programming you can do that as an evening class or college course after leaving school. Indeed when I did an A level in computing that included Pascal programming at school (early 90s), the school provided sufficient time in my computing classes for the purpose. Other work like designing algorithms and drawing up designs (not the graphical kind) didn't need a computer and could be worked on at home. It meant I had to organise myself better than some of other kids that did have a PC at home, but I don't think it meant I missed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy_chick Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 JUst wondering if anyone has been lucky enough to qualify for a home access grant, and if so wat did u get and how long did it take, a friend of mine has just applied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Six Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 JUst wondering if anyone has been lucky enough to qualify for a home access grant, and if so wat did u get and how long did it take, a friend of mine has just applied Looks like you got a big spoon for stirring :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy_chick Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Looks like you got a big spoon for stirring :-) Why i am, i am asking for a friend a genuine question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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