Posted at December 27, 2014, 5:17 pm:
This isn't really that big of a deal, and may be considered a rant, but I think it ties into social expectations and a greater rift between the rich and the poor and whatnot, but anyway.
I just started grade 12 today and in one of my classes (Western Civilization, if anyone's curious) our teacher expects students to hand in all their work typed up on a computer, or it won't be marked.
Now is she right to be doing this? I have a friend (she sits right behind me) who doesn't have a computer, and lives outside the city, therefore she has no access to a public library without driving into the city (our school is on the very edge of town, and she lives about a fifteen minutes drive down the highway with no busses going back and forth), which is definetly unreasonable considering gas prices. The school does have computers, yes, but we are not allowed any class time to use them, and the computer lab is not open during lunches. So basically, my friend will have nowhere to type up and print her assignments.
Even in this age there are students who don't have computers. Even if they do have computers, many of them may not have a printer. Other things can go wrong too. Computer viruses and crashes, the printer running out of ink, perhaps someone else in the family needs it for work.
Is it really fair that just because a teacher expects a typed assignment that students who don't have the available technology should either a) have to work their assess off in order to find a computer they can use or b) not hand in the assignment at all? Should schools be expecting students to have computers for work?
Once again, I apologize if this seems more like a rant.
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Replies:It is unfair.
I don't know your exact scenario, but as a standard paper and pencil s...
I'm sure the teacher would be leaniant if a student really had no acce...
That seems unfair to me.
umm she has to talk to the teacher about that
All through high school this was the case for me.
have you heard of emachines
or a pawn shop
if you can't afford that ...
hey what school do you go to i live in winnipeg
she must be hot rig...
But is that the child's issue if her family can't afford a computer an...
Of course there are many other options, but not all of them are simple...
What is the point in having a computer lab that's closed at lunchtime?...
12th graders aren't children
um why doesnt the girl explain this to the teacher im sure they are no...
how old is 12th grade?
17/18
But, I'm sure the school would make a special accomodation fo...
It's fair.
She shouldn't have to be paying even 100 extra bucks because a teacher...
Did she try explaining her situation to the teacher first or is she ju...
hey gas prices are going down so that's one less thing for her to worr...
funny thing is there's a computer here she could have
in this room
t...
I've seen old computers in second hand shops for very cheap.
It's not particularly fair.
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