Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!mj0i+ From: mj0i+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Marquis Eugene Jones) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Apples & Education Message-ID:Date: 10 Aug 89 18:33:54 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 24 I just thought I'd mention a little item I saw in the San Jose Mercury News. Everbody knows that Apple II's are used very widely in secondary level and lower education, right? Wrong! In the 'Living' section of the San Jose Mercury News (silicon valley's eyes and ears to the world), the is a large article on pre-school child care. Just off to the side, there is a large picture of a little boy sitting at a Mac+ with disk and wooden blocks, kissing his father (who works for apple) good-bye. Having a little kid working on a mac doesn't bother me. What bothers me is that this day care center is at Apple HQ in Cupertino! It seems very hypocritic of Apple to push Apple II's to educational sites, touting how great it is for education, while internally 'Macinizing' toddlers. Of all people, Apple itself should know that there are many more education applications for youngsters (especially toddlers) available on the II series than macs. Granted there are some impressive ports of stuff to the mac, but that still doesn't explain this inconsistency. Marquis Jones ------------- "Byte Knight" mj0i+@andrew.cmu.edu "Disclaimer: I wouldn't even think of letting ANYONE take credit for what I've said!" :-)