What a concept. Helping poor children no matter where there are in the world. Revolutionary, I tell you.

The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) plans to launch OLPC America in 2008 to distribute the low-cost laptop computers originally aimed at developing nations to needy students in the United States.

The group, which was formed in the U.S. by teachers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), came under criticism shortly after forming because its original mission did not include the U.S.

Originally, the aim of OLPC was to develop a $100 laptop for kids in poor nations to ensure they don’t miss out on the benefits of computing, and to make sure developing countries don’t fall further and further behind modern nations due to their inability to buy computers, a conundrum commonly referred to as the digital divide.

Part of their decision had to do with being patriotic. Yes, they actually said that. Read the whole article. What part of making low-cost laptop computers to kids in poor nations, but excluding the poor kids in the United States have to do with patriotism? Sure, it’s great they are “expanding” to the United States, but charity begins at home. If they were being “patriotic” they never would have excluded kids in the United States in the first place.

One of their other reasons is expanding the horizons of poor kids in the United States, so they can communicate with the poor kids in othe rcountries. Are they starting the “One Internet Connection Per Child Project (OICPC) now too? If not, how are they going to use these computers to expand their horizons? Just wondering.

What about the One popup blocker Per Child program? You know, with all the crap out there, they really should be blocking those.

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