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School Districts in Houston handing out Laptops to the underprivileged
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:16 pm
They are handing out the Laptops to family that don't have the means to get one in order to help with at home learning. What is the % of Laptops you think don't make it back to the schools? I can see a few of these being sold to buy drugs or just getting broken.
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Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:16 pm to BamaHater
No way this could go wrong
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:17 pm to BamaHater
Houston is run by idiots.
Without O&G it would be an absolute shithole.
Without O&G it would be an absolute shithole.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:17 pm to BamaHater
what's the alternative?
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:18 pm to BamaHater
quote:
They are handing out the Laptops to family that don't have the means to get one in order to help with at home learning. What is the % of Laptops you think don't make it back to the schools? I can see a few of these being sold to buy drugs or just getting broken.
You know that they hand out laptops and tablets when they aren't sheltered in place, right?
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:18 pm to BamaHater
Cam Newton is now interested in signing with the Texans
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:18 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
frick em.
-Brandon, 240lb 36 year old welder from Gonzales.
-Brandon, 240lb 36 year old welder from Gonzales.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:18 pm to BamaHater
Yall really hate helping those with fewer resources than yourselves.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:19 pm to BamaHater
Kind of like gubment cheese. They don't want it back
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:19 pm to ELVIS U
quote:
No way this could go wrong
You mean like a staff member distributing laptops testing positive for COVID?
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:19 pm to BamaHater
Louisiana has been issuing chrome books for years.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:20 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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what's the alternative?
Exactly. I doubt Houston wants a large percentage of students falling behind and having to possibly repeat a grade because of a lack of access to educational equipment.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:20 pm to BamaHater
Will find lots of laptops on eBay.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:20 pm to heatom2
I'm not hating I can just see people taking advantage of this and either selling the laptop for cash especially since some of the people getting this are unemployed and need money due to Covid 19. I can also see some just being broken.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:20 pm to BamaHater
Saw this on TV here in Houston. People in Lexus SUVs lined up in the parking lot to get their free computer.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:22 pm to BamaHater
Why are people getting upset by this? Why do you guys want underprivileged kids to not have a chance at success and continue their education? Kinda weird
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:22 pm to NIH
frick them kids. i don't like the idea that $3 of my tax dollars are going to give *them* laptops!
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:22 pm to BamaHater
We’ve done the same here in Kentucky. They’ve already started a replacement fund. But they’re really cheap arse Chromebooks, so it’s not like they’re passing out top of the line computers and a lot of them were available in schools to be “checked out” to take home.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:22 pm to BamaHater
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I'm not hating I can just see people taking advantage of this and either selling the laptop for cash especially since some of the people getting this are unemployed and need money due to Covid 19. I can also see some just being broken.
People take advantage of the system at all levels. Do people abuse food stamps, sure, but for the most part it helps families who need it.
Do corporations use every loophole they can to avoid taxes? You damn right but guess which one most people around here will bitch about?
Posted on 4/9/20 at 4:22 pm to heatom2
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Yall really hate helping those with fewer resources than yourselves.
A laptop costs less than half what the average smartphone costs. Its interesting when you go into the homes of these children and they have big TVs and top line smartphones but there's no computer to be found.
The problem, as usual, is poor prioritizing by irresponsible people.
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