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

["Yolynne Medina" <yolynne@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello there from the Zamboanga, Philippines!

I agreee with you.. the thing is..  people who have made this possible should also consider the proper way of deployment; like it would be nice that they give it to a foundation or organization that can take care of how to distribute it properly and be able to monitor if it is being used accordingly or not.

yolynne

On 1/17/07, Charles Cosse <ccosse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hi -- the way i regard the olpc project is that if folks at MIT want to
make a contribution then more power to them, regardless of anything
else, really.  The alternative is simply nothing, is it not?  The olpc
project is most likely the best way they can contribute -- it's their
specialty.  So it's olpc or nothing, perhaps, from them.  Therefore,
it's simply a good thing.  No matter what happens it sounds like lots of
people will learn from the whole experience, and they've created the
first product of its' kind.  There will always be poverty and despair in
various places, so no use waiting until all of those problems are cured
before pursuing something like olpc.  If it's a gift, they'll like it,
regardless.  It's a binary proposition: something, or nothing?

Charles Cosse


mcooper wrote:

>
> On Jan 16, 2007, at 2:14 AM, lee rodgers wrote:
>
>> Gee, a little bit elitist, doncha think? It's good enuf for the  poor
>> in the USA, but we know what's good for the rest of the world?  Let's
>> be quite clear here: Not every locale south of the equator is  as bad
>> off as you portray (never
>
>
> You're right. I was thinking of the worst cases and ignoring the
> stable countries. What I meant by "it's a tough call" was that,
> though I really believe in OLPC and think it is a wonderful idea, I
> found it hard to refute the critics that say food and security should
> come first. But I realize after reading your post that OLPC is suited
> for developing countries that already have some degree of peace and
> stability, while the critics are thinking of countries in war and
> famine.
>
>

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