One Laptop Per Child – The $100 Laptop
Because of my interest in the One Laptop Per Child initiative, I was suckered into watching the 1 minute 15 second video on Yahoo!. Normally, I won’t watch any videos on Yahoo! because:
- Yahoo! bandwidth on videos stinks
- You must watch a stupid commercial first
- You cannot make up for the bandwidth problem (starting & stopping) by downloading the video and watching at your convenience (see Video Download on my website).
Besides laughing at the hokey reporting by the 60 minutes reporter, there was little value in the video clip other than to see what one of these $100 laptops looks like (looks like something that should have “PlaySchool” across the top).
But the point is, they work. And since they work, and since they only cost $100, why can’t the One Laptop Per Child initiative include children from the United States?
Not everyone in this country is rich and prosperous, despite how it looks when we are taxed at extortionist’s rates so that we can send aid to everyone else in the world – whether they want our help or not.
One Laptop Per Child has the potential to be a great program. Let’s just make sure every needy child is included.
