If You Give a Kid a Laptop - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

aklim · #1 08-11-2014, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by elchivito

Parents sign an agreement to pay replacement cost for damaged devices and they are held to it. Owe money for a MacBook your kid buggered? Want his diploma? Write a check or he doesn't graduate. EZPZ

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It began five years ago with an unexpected windfall of stimulus money from Washington, D.C., and good intentions to help the district’s students, the majority of whom are under or near the poverty line, keep up with their wealthier peers.

Windfall stimulus money with good intentions? What was the road to hell paved with again?

Do I give a crap about his diploma? If not, send the bill if you want. Besides, I don't have a penny to my name so good luck with that. Just because you sue me, win in court and have the judgment in hand and a legal paper to garnish my wages doesn't mean squat if I have nothing for you to garnish or give a damn about my kid's diploma. Legal judgment is only worth what you can squeeze out of the person. Otherwise, all you have is a piece of paper that costs more than it is worth.

Diesel911 · #2 08-22-2014, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Windfall stimulus money with good intentions? What was the road to hell paved with again?

Do I give a crap about his diploma? If not, send the bill if you want. Besides, I don't have a penny to my name so good luck with that. Just because you sue me, win in court and have the judgment in hand and a legal paper to garnish my wages doesn't mean squat if I have nothing for you to garnish or give a damn about my kid's diploma. Legal judgment is only worth what you can squeeze out of the person. Otherwise, all you have is a piece of paper that costs more than it is worth.

I am going to shorten the above. The Parents of the Kids don't care so they don't keep their Kids from damaging things; and I am not just thinking of School things.

When I was a Kid and I accidentally hit a Base Ball through someone’s Window I was expected to go over there and say I was sorry and My Parents Paid for a new Window (or My Father did the replacement).
After that I was expected to be more careful and if My Parents though I broke a Window on purpose there would be some serious Punishment.
I am not sure what would happen to Me if I purposely damaged an expensive School Equipment?

All of the above because they cared about Me and also cared about My Neighbors.

In any event taking away the Computers as a result of the abuse inflicted might be the only lesson that some of the Students learned.