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Online learning sounds great until you really think about it. I have grandchildren in another school district and their mother had the following conversation with the school board.
Mother: Do you expect my children to sit in front of a computer monitor for seven hours a day?
School board: No. There will be regular breaks for bathroom time, lunch and recess. Your child will only be in front of the computer for about five hours per day.
Mother: But I have three children. How is that going to work?
School board: You will have to purchase two additional computers. Each student must have their own computer and monitor.
Mother: But we live in a rural area with questionable broadband service. I doubt that our internet service provider can provide enough bandwidth. And, by the way, what happens to the board's server when all these students log on at the same time? Will your server crash?
School board: We didn't think about that.
Mother: Do you expect my children to sit in front of a computer monitor for seven hours a day?
School board: No. There will be regular breaks for bathroom time, lunch and recess. Your child will only be in front of the computer for about five hours per day.
Mother: But I have three children. How is that going to work?
School board: You will have to purchase two additional computers. Each student must have their own computer and monitor.
Mother: But we live in a rural area with questionable broadband service. I doubt that our internet service provider can provide enough bandwidth. And, by the way, what happens to the board's server when all these students log on at the same time? Will your server crash?
School board: We didn't think about that.
Online learning sounds great until you really think about it. I have grandchildren in another school district and their mother had the following conversation with the school board.
ReplyDeleteMother: Do you expect my children to sit in front of a computer monitor for seven hours a day?
School board: No. There will be regular breaks for bathroom time, lunch and recess. Your child will only be in front of the computer for about five hours per day.
Mother: But I have three children. How is that going to work?
School board: You will have to purchase two additional computers. Each student must have their own computer and monitor.
Mother: But we live in a rural area with questionable broadband service. I doubt that our internet service provider can provide enough bandwidth. And, by the way, what happens to the board's server when all these students log on at the same time? Will your server crash?
School board: We didn't think about that.