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Sure, but it's worth wasting 99 laptops if even we manage to enable one child to get a better education, and that's even before considering that the other 99 la
by StavrosK 5y ago
Sure, but it's worth wasting 99 laptops if even we manage to enable one child to get a better education, and that's even before considering that the other 99 laptops are probably not going to be wasted either.
- is_true 5y agoThe problem is more than half of the children live in poverty. Maybe making sure they can eat is a better first step.
- sdfin 5y agoGood point. There's a hierarchy of priorities. First prevent children from starving, then give them computers. It's true that in Argentina more than half of children live in poverty https://chequeado.com/hilando-fino/casi-6-de-cada-10-chicos-son-pobres-en-la-argentina/ https://chequeado.com/hilando-fino/casi-6-de-cada-10-chicos-...
- Daishiman 5y agoYes, and the way you do that is by increasing their chances of being able to integrate productively into the rest of the economy. How do you think a person who knows how to send emails and open Google Docs stacks up against a person who doesn't?
- sdfin 5y agoI understand your point and share it. Still, I believe you have no idea about what happens in Argentina's educational system. I share what a teacher explains about her experience in Argentina's schools. It's in spanish, but I believe that twitter has a translate function. The thread starts here https://twitter.com/sonripink/status/1407088057778647053 https://twitter.com/sonripink/status/1407088057778647053