tjames opened this issue on Feb 25, 2003 ยท 17 posts
ChuckEvans posted Wed, 26 February 2003 at 6:20 AM
Don't get me started on schools!
As to the current topic, nothing like that required for us yet. Our 7th-grader is required to have a laptop, but the school provides it. He only pays a $200 deposit (in case something happens to it) and $25 insurance fee. This also gets him something like 12 hours of online time.
Considering our children's irresponsible behavior with their own belongings, I can't imagine how well a 5th -grader would understand and take care of a laptop.
 Sure, you can strive to fly with the eagles but turkeys don't get sucked into jet engines.