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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: SilentZ who wrote (195055)7/19/2004 11:03:20 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (2) of 1572833
 
>>>>>>>>Kids who are going to need to use computers to get ahead in their careers don't have to have them in school?

Sure. But there are not many, if any, schools that don't have computers. Some have one for each student while others don't. One of our local schools has spent $20,000 on a graphics software package that not one student has ever used, or had not when my son graduated. It was just sitting there. Which is the problem.

I think we've discussed this before. Governments are remarkably inefficient at spending money. As a result, they spend 20 grand on software nobody can use. Typical.

Have you ever studied the concept of Diminishing Marginal Utility? The money that flows to schools beyond some point reaches a point of Diminishing Marginal Utility. Yes, all schools need to be funded to some reasonable level. Beyond that, it is wasted and doesn't contribute to the students' educations.

Which likely accounts for the "weak positive correlation" tejek mentioned.
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