You're not average. Get out of your bubble. We had laptops at my high school 10 years ago, some of us learned how they worked inside and out, most did not. W

You're not average. Get out of your bubble. We had laptops at my high school 10 years ago, some of us learned how they worked inside and out, most did not. When the curriculum depends on having a functional laptop, teachers wont want to wait around for kids to figure out how to fix their laptops. 90+% will go go the tech. Little Johnny who's already struggling with math class will not be helped by having a non-functional laptop. Not everyone needs to know how computers work. EDIT: Probably you are like me and many people on here who found the HS curriculum easy and boring and stimulated yourself by hacking around with computers instead. This is not everyone's experience of HS, some kids legitimately struggle.