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For a one-time $60/computer they could put a 1 TB nvme drive in preloaded with whatever software they need, all of English wikipedia, all classic literature and

For a one-time $60/computer they could put a 1 TB nvme drive in preloaded with whatever software they need, all of English wikipedia, all classic literature and textbooks they will reference, and 850 GB of whatever else is useful reference material (e.g. maybe all of the Khan Academy videos). It's very non-obvious to me that school computers need an Internet connection at all. Have it back up the kids' home folders onto a school network drive automatically when it gets on the school wifi.

t-writescode 10mo ago
How do the students turn in assignments and/or get live help on their assignments?
- ndriscoll 10mo ago
  They go to class. Teachers should not be helping students outside of school hours. They should have a life and meet their own needs as humans. For that matter students shouldn't be doing more than 6-7 hours of school work per day, which they already get at school. Students have no need to turn in assignments outside of normal hours, and it's unhealthy to encourage them to do so (this is where uni professors really need to stop setting computers to accept work at midnight. Horrible habit to build that needs to be untaught when people start working).
  - lostlogin 10mo ago
    > Teachers should not be helping students outside of school hours. I agree. But for some reason teachers work after school and at weekends, for free. I’m unsure why they don’t just stop.
    - t-writescode 10mo ago
      Because some of those teachers really want the kids to achieve and are bound by a sense of duty and care for their students. Good teachers aren't paid enough. Aren't paid anywhere near enough.
  - sokoloff 10mo ago
    When I was in university, midnight was well inside “normal hours” for me (mostly by choice, not by crushing workload despite being at a competitive school).
Workaccount2 10mo ago
You can't sell them an education package SaaS that costs $200/student/mo that just rehashes the same educational tool set from the 60's.

t-writescode 10mo ago

How do the students turn in assignments and/or get live help on their assignments?

ndriscoll 10mo ago
They go to class. Teachers should not be helping students outside of school hours. They should have a life and meet their own needs as humans. For that matter students shouldn't be doing more than 6-7 hours of school work per day, which they already get at school. Students have no need to turn in assignments outside of normal hours, and it's unhealthy to encourage them to do so (this is where uni professors really need to stop setting computers to accept work at midnight. Horrible habit to build that needs to be untaught when people start working).
- lostlogin 10mo ago
  > Teachers should not be helping students outside of school hours. I agree. But for some reason teachers work after school and at weekends, for free. I’m unsure why they don’t just stop.
  - t-writescode 10mo ago
    Because some of those teachers really want the kids to achieve and are bound by a sense of duty and care for their students. Good teachers aren't paid enough. Aren't paid anywhere near enough.
- sokoloff 10mo ago
  When I was in university, midnight was well inside “normal hours” for me (mostly by choice, not by crushing workload despite being at a competitive school).

Workaccount2 10mo ago

You can't sell them an education package SaaS that costs $200/student/mo that just rehashes the same educational tool set from the 60's.