[roadcat]

I will give credit to Apple. They have done an incredible job of marketing to the educational establishment.

Yes, that's how Apple got rich in the early 1980's. They went back to their original sales techniques of selling to schools. I've bought and resold surplus Apple computers. It amazed me that I could buy dozens for a few bucks apiece, that schools had paid hundreds for not long before. I'd peel off the school inventory tags and resell after some cleaning.

It's school administrators who are guilty, not Apple. The schools have done the same thing with books, tossing them out after a few years for new ones. Rather than teach kids how to learn using basics, the schools are focused on warehousing and indoctrinating kids. Give the kids a pad of paper and a pencil, and instructions on using a library. And stop wasting taxdollars on schools.

[Think free or die]

"Rather than teach kids how to learn using basics, the schools are focused on warehousing and indoctrinating kids. Give the kids a pad of paper and a pencil, and instructions on using a library. And stop wasting taxdollars on schools. "

Agree. Unfortunately, when money gets tight, the library can be among the early casualties.

[Elsie]

I'd peel off the school inventory tags and resell after some cleaning.

There are gobs of them available. 5 years old but only $200 instead of $1600!

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[Elsie]

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