One Laptop Per Child pledge

[Ben Scott]

On 6/1/06, Jonathan Linowes <jonathan at linowes.com> wrote:
> a key skill pretty unique to "computers" is learning through
> searching and discovery vs memorizing

  I disagree.  Before computerized dictionaries came along, whenever I
went to search through a dictionary to look up a word, I almost always
discovered a few new interesting words while I was at it.  I also
recall flipping idly through my textbooks at school during boring
lectures, and reading stuff that looked interesting.

-- Ben