No, I mean a tablet is a stupid thing for a school student to have. I could sort of see the point of a cheap laptop or chromebook - at least typing on them is reasonable. But there is nothing wrong with writing on paper either.
Teachers giving homework printed on paper makes it easier for the student and parent to know what homework there is to be done.
And printing from tablets? Come on. I don't know about Android tablets but it ain't easy from an iPad.
My kids aren't living in some tech backwater - we have more than enough computers from 8 to 64 bits they could do something useful with.
But there is no upside to me having to buy each of them an iPad - not for me or them. Even iPad games are just stupid free-to-play-pay-to-speed-up-progress games. All the kids give each other for birthday these days are itunes cards that get spend on 'gems'.
Teachers giving homework printed on paper makes it easier for the student and parent to know what homework there is to be done.
And printing from tablets? Come on. I don't know about Android tablets but it ain't easy from an iPad.
My kids aren't living in some tech backwater - we have more than enough computers from 8 to 64 bits they could do something useful with.
But there is no upside to me having to buy each of them an iPad - not for me or them. Even iPad games are just stupid free-to-play-pay-to-speed-up-progress games. All the kids give each other for birthday these days are itunes cards that get spend on 'gems'.
The whole thing is a disaster. Get off my lawn.