My rant about school-Apple Ipad's

Damn! I highly wish that my university would actually test out new technologies, but I dunno, I think it's kind of weird that the younger students would be able to get that new technology.

Maybe the school system thinks that they are the "proper" demographic to test on? Frankly, I dunno...

maybe that class had the most hipsters/posers in it?

anyway your not missing anything though I would be a little po'd also if I missed a chance to get a expensive free item

Just use laptops. What the fuck?

iPads only seem to be cool because they're expensive. That's why everyone thinks it's cool, including me.

[quote name='gifi4' post='3050588' date='Aug 17 2010, 02:25 PM']I'm in year 8 and I go to a secondary college in Vic , Australia called "Westall" now our school got selected to be one of the schools that test out the Apple Ipad's for educational benefits, and everyone at the school was like "Wow, that's awesome" (our school is poor) and everyone was betting the Ipad's would be given to Year 12's or Year 11's but we then found out that the only year who get to test them is the year 7's and after 1 year of testing they get to keep them, and I reckon that's the worst thing a school could do, (I didn't mind the Ipad's going to year 11's/12's because it's understandable) I mean come on, the year 7's don't give a shit about anything, they wreck everything, make things sticky, steal things,etc. Better not forget that if the year 7's break them, they only have to pay $150 and they get another 1, seriously why would a school give Year 7's apple Ipad's and not any other year level!!! :angry2:

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Well hey, last year all you ever did was make things sticky, break things and not give a crap, too. Pretty big improvement for only 12 months.

Do you have S.R.C's (Student Representative Committee) for your classes/homerooms...? You should address he/she and till him/her to present this issue to your year level coordinator and talk about the practicality issues etc. and you would like to suggest that older year levels such as yourselves, be recommended for new technology testing. In all fairness an iPad would be fun for the year 7's and hopefully educational. Perhaps the school or Apple decided that year 7's are good candidates for their product testing. And it's not like 'they're in year 7 everybody stop having fun' right...?

[quote name='BloodyFlame' post='3050750' date='Aug 17 2010, 06:03 AM']iPads only seem to be cool because they're expensive. That's why everyone thinks it's cool, including me.[/quote]

Actually it's more because it's an iProduct.

Meaning it is instantly good.
Or so people think, when in reality pretty much all iProducts are overpriced piles of crap that have ridiculously high brand fees.

[quote name='Yoshimashin' post='3050623' date='Aug 17 2010, 11:39 AM']Just use laptops. What the fuck?[/quote]
Those are heavier so NETBOOKS actually are better in terms of portability

[quote name='BloodyFlame' post='3050750' date='Aug 17 2010, 01:03 PM']iPads only seem to be cool because they're expensive. That's why everyone thinks it's cool, including me.[/quote]
APPLE products are a status symbol. So if you have one, it makes an impression that you are wealthy and rich. Most celebs use Macs

iPads are lovely but oh so pointless (like the DSi XL).
They work really well but you could never do much outside of internet browsing on them easily. Its hard to get documents on and off the things and the lack of a true keyboard limits its usage. I think a load of Eee PCs would be more useful as a cheap, simple word processor style thing. My school's RE dept. bought some of those a year or two ago but I never saw them used. My Dad's school also got a hold of a few to try and test them out (I got to play with one at home for a bit) but I'm unsure whether they actually bought any. They were lovely little lappies, so simple to use for word processing and a bit of fun.

[quote name='Joe88' post='3050619' date='Aug 17 2010, 01:36 PM']maybe that class had the most hipsters/posers in it?

anyway your not missing anything though I would be a little po'd also if I missed a chance to get a expensive free item[/quote]
from what I've heard, they aren't that good but like you wrote, I'm a little po'd aswell.

[quote name='Yoshimashin' post='3050623' date='Aug 17 2010, 01:39 PM']Just use laptops. What the fuck?[/quote]
A while ago, it got announced the whole school (every student) was going to get laptops but it never happened, the idea just died, but then again that idea was from our previous PM.Kevin Rudd who never really did much of what he promised (like most PM's) anyways laptops are better, Jamstruth (and other people) said the ipad is good but pointless, other than internet browsing it's bad.

Sorry for double post in a row, I don't know how to do multi quotes.

convince your school to get tablet computers runing ubuntu netbook remix
Ipad are basically a locked-down tablet pc, with lower specs than a tablet.

[quote name='meornot0' post='3051265' date='Aug 17 2010, 10:53 PM']convince your school to get tablet computers runing ubuntu netbook remix
Ipad are basically a locked-down tablet pc, with lower specs than a tablet.[/quote]
lol, how exactly am I meant to convince them to do that, I'm only in year 8 not year 12.

[quote name='gifi4' post='3051271' date='Aug 17 2010, 02:00 PM'][quote name='meornot0' post='3051265' date='Aug 17 2010, 10:53 PM']convince your school to get tablet computers runing ubuntu netbook remix
Ipad are basically a locked-down tablet pc, with lower specs than a tablet.[/quote]
lol, how exactly am I meant to convince them to do that, I'm only in year 8 not year 12.
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I'm sure if you bitch to student council and actually back it up they do something.

[quote name='sprogurt' post='3053711' date='Aug 19 2010, 12:26 AM'][quote name='gifi4' post='3051271' date='Aug 17 2010, 02:00 PM'][quote name='meornot0' post='3051265' date='Aug 17 2010, 10:53 PM']convince your school to get tablet computers runing ubuntu netbook remix
Ipad are basically a locked-down tablet pc, with lower specs than a tablet.[/quote]
lol, how exactly am I meant to convince them to do that, I'm only in year 8 not year 12.
[/quote]

I'm sure if you bitch to student council and actually back it up they do something.
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Except year 8's have like no power, that and I'm sure the whole matter is out of their hands.

This is a real serious first world issue.