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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
I told the teacher. I told her, "Are you aware that DD and her friends are all afraid of you? Did you know this used to be DD's favorite subject until she got you as a teacher?"

Her jaw dropped. She sputtered and then shot back with how DD was not completing all the Kahn Academy stuff she was assigning.

Me: Yes, I sent you an email that she wouldn't be able to complete it - she does not have access to a computer at home. 
Her: She can use the computer lab at school. 
Me: DD is already staying up until midnight or 1am to complete all her homework. I will not have her getting up at 5:30am so she arrives at school having had 5 or 6 hours of sleep. 
Her: She can use the computer lab after school. 
Me: She takes mass transit and then walks a mile home alone and has to be home before it's dark for safety purposes. If you would like to stay late with DD and then take her home that would be fine with me. 
Her: This is very inconvenient. 
Me: Yes, it is very inconvenient for me as well, to be a single, working mother who can not afford to give my child a laptop, yet here we are.

Yet you post on DCUM? Something's fishy.

People have access to DCUM at work. Ever think of that?[/quote]

Why can't you afford to buy your child a laptop? You can buy used or refurbished ones for a low price. It's really critical that your child has one for school. Or maybe you could ask if the PTA could give your child a scholarship to help pay for one. [/quote]

If OP says she can't afford it, maybe just take her at her word?

Insisting that every child must use a computer to complete their homework is classist as hell. Even if it's just a hundred bucks, some people simply can't do it, especially if they're a single parent.[/quote]

It's not classist, it's the world we live in. OP could get a refurbished chromebook for $150. No excuses.[/quote]

My son played on a soccer team with a bunch of kids who couldn't have scraped together that $150, and even if they could, it wouldn't do much good without internet in the house.  [/quote]

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