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   MP>  Laptops for teachers can enhance instruction, but Bloomberg   
   MP> acknowledges that, while student laptops can be useful tools, they   
   MP> cannot replace the value of a well-trained educator guiding students   
   MP> through meaningful learning experiences.   
      
   KW> How many students in a classroom can a teacher provide meaningful   
     > experiences on a daily basis - 25? 30? 35?   
      
   I think, technically, a teacher provides a meaningful experience   
   to everyone in the room by what they say in front of the class if   
   they are any good at what they do. (Nowhere near guaranteed..)   
      
   Where things change is when some students can't keep up and need   
   more help than most. My Niece is a teacher and has 5 'special'   
   students in her class and she spends much more time with them   
   than the other 20 or so kids in the class put together..   
      
   Not P.C to say these days but these kids should be in a 'special'   
   class but they say it's better for all of them to pretend they   
   are all the same, in variations, but if it's taking away from the   
   average student I'm not sure the socialization is a fair trade-off.   
      
   That's the excuse anyways.. The actuality is that due to budget   
   cuts they can't afford to have special classes with much higher   
   teacher to student ratios for those students.   
      
   I actually did better in classes where the teacher totally ignored   
   me and let me work on my own. I had a History teacher once who was a   
   good lecturer but, when he was going over the things we were supposed   
   to have read in preparation for class, he found that myself and a   
   good friend of mine were the only ones with answers to his questions,   
   so he'd go to his desk and take out a MAD Magazine, toss it to us and   
   tell us to amuse ourselves while he tried teaching the rest of the   
   class something...   B)   
      
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