Remember how the Los Angeles Unified School District, in a move that was dumb enough to outshine the usual stupidity of people who run school systems, spent one billion dollars to buy all of its students iPads?
Of course, the iPads had security software to keep the little darlings from surfing social networking and music streaming sites, making sure they used the machines only for educational purposes. And of course, it took a couple of the little darlings about a week to figure out ways around the software.
So now the LAUSD is collecting all of those iPads from its students, with no indication of when they will be returned. Since they were to take the place of textbooks, that leaves some of the students in something of a lurch.
The miracle is that any student stuck in this district comes out knowing how to tie his or her own shoes.
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