Now thats money well spent.

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<p>haha <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/od_nm/nigeria_pornography_dc;_ylt=AsiT8ng.38rwc5iek7W79NDtiBIF%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/od_nm/nigeria_pornography_dc;_ylt=AsiT8ng.38rwc5iek7W79NDtiBIF&lt;/a>
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian schoolchildren who received laptops from a U.S. aid organization have used them to explore pornographic sites on the Internet, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported Thursday.</p>

<p>NAN said its reporter had seen pornographic images stored on several of the children's laptops.</p>

<p>"Efforts to promote learning with laptops in a primary school in Abuja have gone awry as the pupils freely browse adult sites with explicit sexual materials," NAN said.</p>

<p>A representative of the One Laptop Per Child aid group was quoted as saying that the computers, part of a pilot scheme, would now be fitted with filters.</p>

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<p>ehh, what do you expect?</p>

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<p>I began to watch porn when I was a child and I don't think there's anything wrong</p>

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<p>I'm talking about the money spent on the laptops not porn.</p>

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<p>who cares, its the same as a 11 year old boy having a playboy.</p>

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<p>haven't they ever heard of firewalls?</p>

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<p>so according to the guys on here these kids should have a porn 101 class daily?</p>

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<p>the same thing would have happened in any school in America if we did not have filters. The money was well spent and the kids are no different than any other curious child. Now the school officials know what happened and will prevent it with filters. No biggy, a lot worse happens in America</p>

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<p>I am just pointing out how the human mind works the same everywhere.</p>

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<p>I remeber in 7th grade, we found a way around the school symantec proxy. We looked up porn the entire computer class.</p>

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<p>Why do the kids need computers/laptops? Why aren't more resources/efforts directed at teaching kids practical skills? Sounds like another case of the Western world throwing money at a problem.</p>

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<p>Madonna and Oprah can be the postergirls for that movement.</p>

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<p>Nigeria is the most advanced country in Africa, behind South Africa. These kids are smart enough and capable enough to learn more than "practical skills". Access to computers is not that uncommon in that country. Stop thinking that the whole of Africa is a uncivilized bush.</p>

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<p>I don't think anyone thinks that. I want to die in Africa.</p>

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<p>Then what was welshie's comment supposed to mean? Why must they settle for "practical skills"?</p>

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<p>I guess its how you perceive the problem.</p>

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<p>I perceive it this way because I disagreed with that view? Learn o make more sense or just accept when you're wrong.</p>

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<p>I don't endorse welshie's comments in any way. I'm really unstable and this may not be a good time for an argument.</p>

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<p>
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Then what was welshie's comment supposed to mean? Why must they settle for "practical skills"?

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So money should be spent for them settling on searching-for-porn skills. Let's teach the kids their multiplication facts and how to read and write first, okay? I doubt all of them know how to do that already. The porn can wait.</p>

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<p>I agree with welshie. This one-laptop-per-child project is one big racket. Beaming down history or physics lessons via satellite v/s delivering it via a book won't improve the quality of education. Serves good as a piece of western entertainment though.</p>