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<p>It’s silly to have something like that for everyone though. The teaching of typing and using basic office applications? For the middle class+ this is learned at home now, depending on the district it could be a pure waste of time for nearly everyone in the class. </p>
<p>If those $100 durable laptops take off, I don’t see why not just give everyone in the school one, or at least everyone who doesn’t have a home computer. In the scheme of a school budget, $100/student/5 years ain’t much. Even if they don’t have internet, they can use it to access the internet at school, and at home can use it to learn basic computer skills often taught in a middle/high school basic computer skills class. This seems like something that could provide a lot of benefit for very little cost. </p>