One kid, one computer

[rpm]

One kid, one computer

IMAGINE THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS to South Africa's economy if every school-going child had access to a computer connected to the Internet?

 

[MrG]

Many more kids watching Porn.. thats for sure. lol Dont think Telkom would have capacity for all that downloading.

 

[kronoSX]

i just had a test and i googled freeporn and i got to see porn,I am justthinking how a child can use google to do the same simple search..

 

[Keeper]

Imagine the benifits if everyone had proper schools, books and teachers?

we should first start with the basics, and then go from there....

 

[-toady-]

Imagine the benifits if everyone had proper schools, books and teachers?

we should first start with the basics, and then go from there....

Here here!

 

[redarrow]

Here here!

Where where?

I think you mean "hear hear"..

 

[boramk]

Many more kids watching Porn.. thats for sure. lol Dont think Telkom would have capacity for all that downloading.

+1

 

[AirWolf]

Many more kids watching Porn.. thats for sure. lol Dont think Telkom would have capacity for all that downloading.

When you say internet, everyone thinks of porn first .

 

[NeoZA]

i also here here you, but just think, now they can facebook from school

 

[War_Lord]

lol, how long before the pawn shops become flooded with those computers?

 

[bwana]

So what is SA doing about it? Apart from Communications Department-led initiatives, such as its policy that schools should get 50% off Internet access,

Have any schools actually got that yet?

Back of a matchbox calculations suggest procuring a basic PC or notebook for every school-going child - there were 10,6m of them in 2005, says the University of Cape Town's Children's Institute - would cost SA more than the entire arms deal.

TBH war isnt imminent - a new generation of ignorance is.

 

[Keeper]

i also here here you, but just think, now they can facebook from school

Facebook? you know how many manhours are wasted to facebook than the job they are supposed to do? imagine if kids had facebook at school? this wouldn't work - with facebook children would simply never study.

a sollution to this would be, not a computer for EVERY CHILD, but a few for each SCHOOL, and mandatory computer studies for every child.

and then they should block all porn sites and facebook etc, like businesses do.

if they did that, kids would start learning about proxy servers much sooner!

 

[-toady-]

Where where?

I think you mean "hear hear"..

Dear me, the rot has certainly set in... oops... and thanks for pointing it out I shall try and remember aargh....

 

[Pooky]

i just had a test and i googled freeporn and i got to see porn,I am justthinking how a child can use google to do the same simple search..

lol.

 

[AirWolf]

Have any schools actually got that yet?TBH war isnt imminent - a new generation of ignorance is.

In 2004 Matsepe-Casaburri said that “in a few months the Departments of Communication and Education together with Telkom will finalize preparations for the introduction of an e-rate for all public schools. From the beginning of the next school year, public schools will be charged only 50% of the normal rate for their Internet calls.

According to reports schools can get a 50 percent discount on Internet access from Telkom, but only if they opt for dial-up access.

Apparently dial-up is king.

 

[PeterCH]

One kid, one computer

Imagine the opportunity for pedophiles if every child had an internet connected PC. I never had a PC when I was in primary school and did not have internet till university, I turned out ok, economically, what gives?

 

[medicnick83]

Imagine how software piracy will increase... u think the under priv kids will buy games and such? HELL NO!

 

[PeterCH]

What will kids do on the internet? I don't see them downloading classic literature from Project Gutenberg and reading it or reading through the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus online? It would end up as kids downloading warez, moviez, porn, putting up nonsensical
MySpace/Facebook profiles for pedos and online chat 24/7. Imagine how much homework they could do! Sure the internet is great for education but what sites would kids use, Wikipedia? Maybe free subscriptions to Encarta/Britannica and Dept of Education provided websites packed with school syllabus content would work.
Kids need guidance, you can't just give them a PC and have them look up Roman Empire, they'll end up finding toga porn orgies instead.

Ok there are a few great sources like:
http://www.bartleby.com/
or
http://www.gutenberg.org/

 

[rebel998]

I don't think this'll ever happen.

Who's going to pay for all this?

 

[Ou grote]

i just had a test and i googled freeporn and i got to see porn,I am justthinking how a child can use google to do the same simple search..

U mean here's pron on the internet now?