Poor people get OFF the Internet..playing around

Ciao, I am still working on the new format for the blogger. Glad, I finally changed the design. After learning how to post pictures and links, I should soon be in the saddle again with updating. That would mean less time on Facebook. Funny, I was reading a blog post about an article in the New York Times that stated poor people spend a great deal of their time on the Internet. The post goes on to say poor people children waste more time on the Internet than middle class children according to the article. S/N.. I am too poor to upload the NYT on my IPAD, so I will have read the article later on my laptop. Don't you find that interesting? I did, that's why I'm going to read thevarticle later. But, first, how is it possible for poor people to purchase electronic equipment to beat off the middle class in it's usage? It seems that the movement to close the great digital divide of the 90's is responsible for this mess. The movement to put a computer in every house no matter the income has driven poor people children to use the electronic devices 90 minutes more than middle class children in 2010. In 1999' poor folks children usages was a mere 16 minutes more. Hmmmm...... A lot can happen in 10 years or more.. but apparently, poor people children are wasting their time on the Internet and not on closing the achievement gap. Oh, closing the achievement gap is what poor folks children should be using the Internet for not for all that socializing and texting. What happened to schools in educating our children? If schools are so technical savvy, why is there still a wide achievement gap? If computers are the aid to teachers and parents in achieving this goal, why are poor children not sitting at their desk with computers? If there is a genuine concern that poor children are wasting their time on computers. Children spend the majority of their time in the classroom setting. But wait, according to the article as reported in the blogpost, millions of dollar will be spent to figure out how to reeducate these children on the educational value moreno than the entertainment usage Internet. Surprise? Middle class folks have figured out a way to make money again on poor people entertainment! Nothing new...