[geeks] OLPCs for sale...

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: wa2egp at att.net
>Date: 2007/11/16 Fri AM 12:31:05 CST
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] OLPCs for sale...

>> I guess they couldn't think of a better way to spend $3M in Alabama... 
Being 
>> ranked 48th[0] (out of 51 - D.C. brings up the rear, despite having the 
highest 
>> average pay per teacher[1]) is pretty bad, maybe 15,000 laptops can help 
them 
>> turn the tide!
>
>Here we go again with the average thing.

Hey, they were NEA numbers, and I can only assume they applied the same 
standards across the 50 states and D.C. - their numbers can't be used for 
anything other than comparison against similarly generated numbers, and that's 
all I did. Can I compare that average to the "average" auto mechanic salary on 
the AEA website, no, but I think my comparison was fair in it's limited 
scope...

>Laptops are NOT going to solve the problem.  It just makes it look like
>the problem will be solved.

If you look into the Birmingham announcement, the guy hasn't even taken office 
yet and he's spending their money... That's chutzpah (Sorry Geoff, too lazy to 
look up spelling).

Lionel