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It's ridiculous that my school is requiring all grade 5 students to own either a laptop or an iPad to bring to school, amirite?

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God forbid they learn the old fashioned way with books.

StickCavemans avatar StickCaveman Yeah You Are +38Reply
@StickCaveman God forbid they learn the old fashioned way with books.

But requiring grade 5s to have an iPad or laptop seems a bit excessive.

cherryblasters avatar cherryblaster Yeah You Are +13Reply

GREATTTTTT way to get it stolen! Yeah, let's take daddy's brand new iPad to school!!! Then when it gets stolen the school says "We aren't responsible for stolen items!" There is going to be a lot of lawsuits with your school.

What if they can't afford it?

silvershadow6s avatar silvershadow6 Yeah You Are +15Reply
@silvershadow6 What if they can't afford it?

That's part of the issue. I bet a lot of kids won't be able to afford them.

cherryblasters avatar cherryblaster Yeah You Are +15Reply
@silvershadow6 What if they can't afford it?

Well if they can't afford it and the school requires it, in America, the school has to provide them.

Tweetbaby14s avatar Tweetbaby14 Yeah You Are 0Reply

Dafuq

Everyone will just play minecraft in class

Big_Bosss avatar Big_Boss Yeah You Are +6Reply

You go to a private school? I have a problem believing that this can occur in a public one.

Rasheds avatar Rashed Yeah You Are +5Reply

That is truly sad, what could they possibly do with IPads and laptops?

Rainbow_Pandas avatar Rainbow_Panda Yeah You Are +3Reply

Using technology in school is awesome, if it will benefit the students. What are they being taught in grade 5 that a laptop or iPad could be useful?

somepeoples avatar somepeople Yeah You Are +2Reply

This is the future, people. Feel free to disagree with me, but just because you didn't have a lot of technology at a young age doesn't mean no one should. We as a people are always going to look for the most efficient way to do something, and that way is with computers, whether laptop or tablet. Why shouldn't they learn for a young age? I suppose the financial thing could be an issue, but a low memory or used iPad shouldn't burn too big a hole in anyone's pocket.

@iamthewalrus ya but the school requiring kids to bring them? that seems pretty excessive.

As anaverageboss said, if they add it to the curriculum, it'll just raise tuition. If you buy your own, at least it's yours.

@shorkian This is the future, people. Feel free to disagree with me, but just because you didn't have a lot of technology at...

but are they worth the cost? I don't think they are. if kids want to have them, let them buy it. don't mandate it

@shorkian This is the future, people. Feel free to disagree with me, but just because you didn't have a lot of technology at...

If they don't require them, then the school will just add to tuition. It's probably cheaper to get your own.

@shorkian This is the future, people. Feel free to disagree with me, but just because you didn't have a lot of technology at...

You can't let young children decide what they want to learn. It's the same principle that mandates they take math, science, English, etc. Yeah, there's a chance they'll never use it, but odds are it'll come in pretty damn handy.

@shorkian This is the future, people. Feel free to disagree with me, but just because you didn't have a lot of technology at...

I would be so happy if my school required me to bring a laptop in 5th grade, especially if all my textbooks were on it.

My school's doing the same thing, but they're giving us the laptops. 5th grade and below have to keep theirs at school, and they're even letting the pre-schoolers use them. I like it, but it raised our tuition up by over a thousand dollars, which is pretty excessive.

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In my school (its a highschool), you get an ipad for the whole year if youre in an AP class, i dont know if any one elses school has this but its pretty cool and usefull.

Well, only if the school doesn't supply them.

My school is making it so that every student, all one thousand of us, has a school-provided laptop. Personally I'd rather bring my macbook to school than use the shitty laptops we'er getting. But then again, I'm not a fifth grader.

Wunderscores avatar Wunderscore Yeah You Are -1Reply

My school bought like, 50 iPads and we use them for class and stuff.

Thats AWESOME!

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