No Internet at Schools

The Article asks the question "Could your kids go without internet service at school?"

We all know our school: we could not survive and accomplish what we do without the internet. If USD253 decides to save money by taking the internet out of schools, then, what would we do? Sure maybe we don't rely completely on the district, but we will. What happens if they do?

I brought up this topic thanks to an article that Mr.P was talking to me about for an idea to blog. Texas Lawmakers might take away the technology fund from schools to help balance the state budget. That fund, that ONE fund pays for all of the internet in ALL of the Texas Schools, imagine having a fund like that for Kansas. Taking away that fund would cause the internet not to exist at Texas schools anymore.

Would kids be able to work as efficiently on projects that required more information than books can supply?

We've all had to use the internet one time or another to do research in elementary school. It's nearly impossible to gather the information you need without it. What about pictures to make a presentation more interesting?

So the questions are: Would you have survived doing projects in elementary school without the internet? What would you think life would be like if you didn't use the internet at school? Last but not least, oo you think the internet is useful for creating products?

Straight Forward Entreprenurship or Taking Advantage of Others?

As we become busy with our day-to-day lives, it's easy to take the little things for granted. Because we expect everything to run smoothly all of the time, when things do develop differently than we expect them to, it can certainly have a huge impact upon us.

This is certainly what happened in China last summer with the 60-mile traffic jam that lasted for two weeks. It didn't take the locals long to determine that a little bit of money could be made from the situation. When situations like these arise, what do they mean for the rest of us? Have we lost a little empathy for others? Are we prone to take advantage when the opportunity presents itself?