After leaving my private high school, Mater Dei, which I attended for 4 lovely years, my friends and I heard that news that all the new students were getting an iPad. This device would be casually picked up with their books in August. Almost 2,100 students would receive this square, flat computer screen which cost at least $500 each. So basically kids, some freshmen being only 14 years old, come into high school learning how to type on a touch screen. This learning is a far cry from the "Type to Learn" programs we had at (gasp!) desktop computers. The funniest part about all this is our school sneakily found a way to raise tuition by including this in the cost. Parents pay $35 a month to help with "maintenance" fees. Ultimately is this promoting higher learning or covering skyrocketing tuition fees for a private school to stay afloat? And the ironic part is by the time these kids enter college, they're going to have a hard time reading a book. God forbid it doesn't come on a touch screen.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/school-287275-ipads-mater.html
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