I feel that these kids come into school reaching out for some comfort, that it is okay to shine. I hope that as a teacher I will reach into some of these children's needs, and help them learn and become productive citizens. In order to become a productive citizen, our students must be literate and very much aware of their surroundings. As part of my literacy definition, I said that knowing the basics of technology should be included in the definition of literacy. Technology and literacy are both two important aspects of being a productive citizen.
Technology is seen everywhere, even at the simplest of jobs now a days.
I would hope that the funding pattern stops as far as the money that is not reaching these poor striking communities. I was very surprised at what the results of money distribution were in some comminutes. Schools with high poverty rates and a high percentage of minority students are less likely to have UP TO DATE technology than others. Which is true some of these poor children may not have a computer at home, where they can become computer literate. Without the basic computer skills and the experience with these computers once again you will have some children in the lower socioeconomic communities lagging behind in the job field and society.