> Are schools afraid of really educating their students, as opposed to making them dependents of Apple's consumer culture? I think a key component to the probl

> Are schools afraid of really educating their students, as opposed to making them dependents of Apple's consumer culture? I think a key component to the problem here is the very clear gap between computing enthusiasts/application developer and your typical K-12 teacher. Which is really not meant to be a knock on our teachers, but I don't think your typical school has the people with the right skill sets to teach "true" computing. They don't realistically have any choice but to rely on the watered-down end user version experienced through the walled-garden of one vendor or another. Which makes most "technology in the classroom" initiatives to me look more like solutions in search of a problem (ie. not a very effective use of district resources).