[OLPC-Chicago] home schoolers was Re: The Children's Low-Cost Laptop Act - Contact your Illinois Legislators NOW!!!

[Edward Cherlin]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 11:54 AM, DeanG <goodmansond at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/4/08, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:09 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> >  >  Is this a common attitude among home schoolers?
>
>  No, its an impressionable minority. Stereotypes suck.
>
>  But this does see to be a common attitude of parents and a childs
>  access to the internet.  Add in the stress of an airport, strangers,
>  and unknown devices for a recipe for contention.

It's the first negative reaction I've had to showing XOs to children
of strangers in public. It's also a chick magnet. Except they don't
pay any attention to me, just the XO. Just as well, at my age. YMMV.
^_^

>  Its been decades since Moonies (and others) set the tone by handing
>  out flowers unreceptively at airports, I wouldnt expect any better
>  from an XO experience.

I never got Moonies at the airport. It was more Hare Krisha in San Francisco.

>  -Dean
>  Christian, non denominational
>  Multischooler
>
>  p.s. Pouches rock.  http://kangarookorner.com
>
>  Gotta go, getting atrange looks tapping on my n800 here at mcd's.
>
>
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