PSA: MCPS Chromebooks are a loan, not a gift

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Anonymous wrote:Yes we know, but if you really don't need them, let someone else have them, even as a loaner.

stop with the shaming. When you do this, you make all of us who need them the “poors”.

It’s not your place to judge or tell other people not to pick one up.

If you are low income, yes you take one. But, if you are living in a $600K+ house and can afford it and choose to spend your money differently, shame on you. I'm so tired of people pretending to be "poor" when they make good income but are house poor based off the choices they may. There are families who really need them and help. If you are one of those, yes, you take it, but you don't take one if you can afford it and choose not to. Many of us had to buy them. We live in a tiny house and had a great laugh at posts commenting about what people do in tiny houses.. that's us but at least we can afford to buy our kids what they need.

Yay, how nice that have so many devices at home. Pat yourself on the back for that. Now go buy books instead of borrowing from the library. There are many kids who wanted the books you borrowed, but yeah you got there first.

We don’t use the library. Nice try. I buy my kids books or ever better, kindle so less paper.

bc your kids haven't developed the motor skills to turn a page?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure MCPS has thought of this and has already written some of those off.

This.

Seriously, the Chromebooks break so often, they need to be replaced anyway.

And, they're taking ID numbers, but it's unlikely they'll fine or keep a kid back if he/she doesn't return the Chromebook. Really, they're basically a gift.

I paid $75 twice for a lost textbook my older DD had in 7th grade so she could go to prom in 12th. We had moved and lost the receipt from paying for it at the end of 7th. I completely believe students will not be allowed to walk as seniors if they owe for a Chromebook.

Agreed. I had to go order a book my son apparently lost in 8th grade. Trust me, schools track.

They are NOT going to keep a FARMS or lower-income kid from graduating, if the parent says they can't afford paying for the Chromebook that MCPS lent them during the Covid-19 crisis. Guaranteed. It would create so much bad press, and MCPS does NOT like bad press.

[Anonymous]

I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

Time for a career change. Your students deserve a teacher who respects them.

(And Ebay? Lol, is it 1999?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

Then, try helping get them what they need. Help the kids with clothing, food, school supplies, hair care, etc. There are a few schools regularly asking for donations for the kids. Imagine how desperate you have to be to do that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Viers Mill ES ran out in 45 minutes.

Were there families still in line when they ran out? Were they instructed to go to a different school?

The principal came down the line of cars and told us there weren't enough left. He said he would work with MCPS to find more and contact us ASAP. Maybe some other schools have a surplus?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

Then, try helping get them what they need. Help the kids with clothing, food, school supplies, hair care, etc. There are a few schools regularly asking for donations for the kids. Imagine how desperate you have to be to do that.

What more can we ask of teachers?

You give and you give and you never question why.

You have only yourselves to blame for never learning to say no.

- former teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

And here we have some people calling out others for picking up chromebooks so their kids will actually learn something. I wonder what those who vehemently oppose those who can afford picking up these computers think about this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

Then, try helping get them what they need. Help the kids with clothing, food, school supplies, hair care, etc. There are a few schools regularly asking for donations for the kids. Imagine how desperate you have to be to do that.

And then there will be kids who do sell these for drugs. Are you going to get them that too?

There is only so much a teacher can do. If a child wants to learn, poor or not, they will find a way. And then there are others who choose not to learn and nothing a teacher does is going to help them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

Then, try helping get them what they need. Help the kids with clothing, food, school supplies, hair care, etc. There are a few schools regularly asking for donations for the kids. Imagine how desperate you have to be to do that.

Nope. It’s not being desperate.

DP here. They see it as taking advantage of an opportunity.

I agree with the PP. Guaranteed that some families will take one and try to sell it. Not for food or clothing or another necessity.

Why not? They see it is getting what they ‘deserve’ from a system that keeps them down. It is what it is. MCPS is in no way going to go after kids who do not turn their Chromebook back in when this is over.

[Anonymous]

Guessing it hasn’t occurred to people on here that some families have multiple children and parents are working from home also. Perhaps their kids share a computer because they don’t use one on a daily basis. Perhaps the parents are using the home computers that the kids would typically use in the evening. Don’t make assumptions about rich kids. Not everyone has a personal computer for every person in their house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a low-income MCPS high school. Guaranteed the family will sell it on eBay.

Jokes on them they'd make like 20 bucks for a 720.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes we know, but if you really don't need them, let someone else have them, even as a loaner.

stop with the shaming. When you do this, you make all of us who need them the “poors”.

It’s not your place to judge or tell other people not to pick one up.

If you are low income, yes you take one. But, if you are living in a $600K+ house and can afford it and choose to spend your money differently, shame on you. I'm so tired of people pretending to be "poor" when they make good income but are house poor based off the choices they may. There are families who really need them and help. If you are one of those, yes, you take it, but you don't take one if you can afford it and choose not to. Many of us had to buy them. We live in a tiny house and had a great laugh at posts commenting about what people do in tiny houses.. that's us but at least we can afford to buy our kids what they need.

Yay, how nice that have so many devices at home. Pat yourself on the back for that. Now go buy books instead of borrowing from the library. There are many kids who wanted the books you borrowed, but yeah you got there first.

Library is closed until April soooo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes we know, but if you really don't need them, let someone else have them, even as a loaner.

stop with the shaming. When you do this, you make all of us who need them the “poors”.

It’s not your place to judge or tell other people not to pick one up.

If you are low income, yes you take one. But, if you are living in a $600K+ house and can afford it and choose to spend your money differently, shame on you. I'm so tired of people pretending to be "poor" when they make good income but are house poor based off the choices they may. There are families who really need them and help. If you are one of those, yes, you take it, but you don't take one if you can afford it and choose not to. Many of us had to buy them. We live in a tiny house and had a great laugh at posts commenting about what people do in tiny houses.. that's us but at least we can afford to buy our kids what they need.

Yay, how nice that have so many devices at home. Pat yourself on the back for that. Now go buy books instead of borrowing from the library. There are many kids who wanted the books you borrowed, but yeah you got there first.

Library is closed until April soooo

Yes and now you have whatever you borrowed for 6 weeks or more. The poor child who wanted it that day couldn't get it then because you borrowed it. If you had bought your own damn books, that child could have borrowed the books you took.

See where I am going?

You probably won't since you seem too dense to understand that even rich or UMC parents may not have that many computers at home and would rather borrow from the school and give it back after all this is over. Maybe they just don't want to spend on things they deem unnecessary for their kids after this is over.

If Warren Buffet thought like you, he wouldn't be so rich.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/17/warren-buffett-once-paid-for-bill-gates-mcdonalds-meal-with-coupons.html

[Anonymous]

There are plenty. Stop making excuses. How do you not have a laptop as a teacher?


I didn’t get a laptop issued by my district until my 6th year of teaching. And we only got them because of a grant. Some teachers I work with still don’t have one.