Re: [school-discuss] One Laptop Per Child?

[mcooper <mcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 22, 2007, at 9:21 PM, Edward Holcroft wrote:

> NetDay doesn't do what it does because we see computers as more
> important than running water in rural schools. We do it because  
> it's a field
> we know and understand, in which we have the capacity to make a  
> difference,
> one rural school at a time. So while the prioritisation debate is a  
> valuable
> policy level discussion, it should not be allowed to inhibit our  
> work of
> getting FOSS into schools. Sometimes I think the debate around  
> priorities can
> be a bit of a troll. It does not have be an debate in which the  
> pursuit of
> one priority necessarily excludes all others.

That really clears it up for me. Being from a low-income background,  
I found it difficult to ignore those who raised the prioritization  
debate, but this passage alone feels like the last word for me. Thank  
you for putting it so clearly.