I stopped at Starbuck’s this morning to get a cup of coffee before class. I am so enjoying the gift card I received from one of my students at Christmas time. I have been spreading out the treats since then, but alas, my card is now empty. Anyway, as I digress, there was a great quote on the side of my cup, that I just have to share here.
All children need a laptop. Not a computer, but a human laptop. Moms, dads, grannies and grandpas, aunts, uncles – someone to hold them, read to them, teach them. Loved ones who will embrace them and pass on the experience, rituals and knowledge of a hundred previous generations. Loved ones who will pass to the next generation their expectations of them, their hopes, and their dreams. – General Colin Powell (Founder of America’s Promise- the Alliance for Youth).
I know my students all have laptops – several of them in many cases, as I see those laptops bringing them to class through the rain, sleet, snow, cold season, dark, power outages. I hope that I am also a laptop for many children. Whose laptop have you been this week?
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April 15, 2009 at 9:07 am
Not that I’m totally impressed, but this is more than I expected for when I stumpled upon a link on Digg telling that the info is awesome. Thanks.