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WTH. As a taxpayer in Arlington with two kids, I find this plan really wasteful and short sighted. I do not think that my young kids need something that I or my husband have managed to live w/o. They could have easily purchased a much more cost effective device/computer but for some insane reason went w/ Apple.

We purposely have chosen not to expose our kids to these type of gadgets and now one person decides every kid in Arlington "needs" one.

The rest of us keeping up with the times should not have to suffer for your [b]peculiar outlook [/b]on this. What kind of parent "purposefully chooses not to 'expose'" children to technology? You almost sound as if you think this is virtuous or something. [/quote]

Exactly why is it peculiar? Because it's different from yours?
Kids today get plenty of exposure to technology; schools don't need to be teaching it to them in the early grades. If anything, schools should be focused more on traditional skills like reading and writing, which kids aren't doing as much of because they're so busy playing on various types of screens.

To me, this whole iPad thing sounds like someone's vanity project.
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