One Laptop Per Child pledge

[Paul Lussier]

"Tom Buskey" <tom at buskey.name> writes:

> 8) He can entertain himself w/o needing mommy or daddy.

I've got an almost 4 year old who's been doing that since pretty much
day one, and has never really played with the computers in the house
or watch TV.

> Is a computer needed?  Maybe not.  But he makes much less of a mess w/ the
> computer cards, puzzle pieces and drawing tools then the physical ones
> (which he also has).

If my kids didn't play with the physical ones, I'd have much less
opportunity to play with that stuff myself :) And let me tell you,
it's *FUN* to build big block towers with your kids and knock them
down!

> Yep.  Getting computers to people in third world countries.

Right.  Benson, crazy though he is, was foolish enough to think we
should take care of people in our country before helping other
countries people who can't read and write.  That whole "Charity begins
at home" thing is just so, well, un-PC :)
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Seeya,
Paul