anti-cheating

[Noah Kantrowitz]

On Jan 11, 2009, at 11:06 PM, Jeffrey Kesselman wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Carlos Nazareno  
> <object404 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Since when is more equipment then a pencil and a sheet of paper
>>> necessary for a school quiz??
>>
>> When they are not available.
>
> Im confused.... if the basic necessities like paper and a pencil arent
> available, what is any responsible government
> doing spending even $200 a child on computers??  Not to mention the
> infrastructure to support them?
>
> Sorry, it just seems really really ass-backward to me.

A laptop can be written on for a child's entire school career. A  
single piece of paper only works once and then must be discarded  
(maybe composted at best).

--Noah