tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post821473892170401642..comments2024-03-29T00:56:00.414-07:00Comments on Encinitas Undercover: EUSD to use 30-year debt to buy iPads that will be obsolete in 5 years or broken in 2Encinitas Undercoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071321730581304823noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-2764742384687340732012-08-15T01:05:52.758-07:002012-08-15T01:05:52.758-07:00My kids all left EUSD for private school. There pr...My kids all left EUSD for private school. There private school bolts the iPads to the desks so they don't get damaged. There is a lot of no homework related activities being done by kids who bring their iPads home from EUSD. It is a big video gaming toy. It is a distraction to completing homework.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-62786003398235698472012-08-15T00:59:04.906-07:002012-08-15T00:59:04.906-07:00It would be nice to have a library in Encinitas ra...It would be nice to have a library in Encinitas rather than Cardiff so that my kids would go to the library to read instead of Barnes and Noble. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-39529042217988779192011-04-08T14:35:32.187-07:002011-04-08T14:35:32.187-07:00The electronic route, as you so aptly paraphased i...The electronic route, as you so aptly paraphased it, has it's limited applications. The supposed versatility and interactivity doesn't necessarily always apply in a learning environment - it can be more of a distraction. Computers have their place, but hard texts should remain a feature in the classroom. Many kids are turning into lifeless droids, staring at a screen and living Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-43178370526819896422011-04-06T20:03:46.992-07:002011-04-06T20:03:46.992-07:00@2:57,
It sure is nice that we have a community e...@2:57,<br /><br />It sure is nice that we have a community enrichment facility where you can sip your latte and relish the fact that the city doesn't have the funds to build a fire station in an area that has the worst response times in the entire county. So, the next time that you are out there enjoying the sunset on the library balcony only to be interrupted by the sirens of an ambulance Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-20763588986653956852011-04-06T18:07:06.833-07:002011-04-06T18:07:06.833-07:00@2:57,
What do you seriously doubt? That they...@2:57,<br /><br />What do you seriously doubt? That they'll get iPads at all or that they'll carry them home?<br /><br />Because even if they leave them at school so they don't get banged up, they'll still be obsolete in 5 years, and we'll still be paying the debt off for 30 years.<br /><br />And that would kind of defeat the idea of iPads replacing textbooks if they couldn&#W.C. Varoneshttp://encinitasundercover.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-345696443266580902011-04-06T14:57:44.319-07:002011-04-06T14:57:44.319-07:00@WC I seriously doubt they're going to give iP...@WC I seriously doubt they're going to give iPads to kids to take home, but that does make for a scary hypothetical, doesn't it? "WHAT IF...?" "Ooooo I dunno but assuming it were true it could potentially be bad!"<br /><br />@7:41 The Cardiff library was built first. Also, the Encinitas library is quite popular and will continue to thrive as long as people enjoy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-32981673934928574472011-04-06T09:41:08.467-07:002011-04-06T09:41:08.467-07:00What about the kids that have problems retaining b...What about the kids that have problems retaining books that they read online? This is a problem that has come up in society that some people cannot retain what the read unless is a physical book/paper. If 80% of businesses use PC's, then why would we go the route of an apple computer/device? Because it has fun games like garage band for the kids? IPADS are widely considered toys and not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-51814205689632501972011-04-05T18:20:17.585-07:002011-04-05T18:20:17.585-07:00Maybe Tim Baird can use the money from the Pacific...Maybe Tim Baird can use the money from the Pacific View School site when it is fire-saled to the developer buddies of Stocks and Bondini. iPads - how ludicrous. There is nothing to be gained by going the electronic route. Let the kiddies thumb thru the pages - it has worked for a couple hundred years - why buck it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-45428302742161834622011-04-05T07:41:54.813-07:002011-04-05T07:41:54.813-07:00Contrast the investment in technology with Encinit...Contrast the investment in technology with Encinitas going full retard and putting up a Taj Majal library that will also be obsolete in a matter of years. It looks like the Cardiff library is just about finished also. Why do we need another library that is less than two miles away from the Taj Majal? Keep in mind that the Taj Majal was financed with debt that our kids will be paying for long Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com