On learning

There came an instance when Brutus would've been a legit educational tool, translating rhyme and rose and violet and poem on the fly. But on seeing the technology, the students boggled. Completely.
It's easy to forget that these kids have never been in a classroom equipped with as much as a black and white tv or VCR. And computers over here are much more slipshod than could be imagined by someone who hasn't seen a tinker assembling a pile of scrap parts on a grungy sidewalk.
And even in a computer shop, the internal workings are not nearly as important as having flashing lights and strobes on the box.
How easy to forget that substance is subsumed by style.
So I would in fact be better off sitting in front of the class and playing Angry Birds than making mothers day cards, which was the planned sellout activity.

Sent from Brutus the iPad