When I was in middle school and still riding the bus to school, iPods had just launched and my home computer was still pulling data from a cord in the wall (dial up problems). Now, 115 Greenville County School buses are equipped with wi-fi as a part of a state wide “mobile learning center” initiative.
It’s estimated that students spend roughly 20-60 minutes on the bus each way; time that the school district feels could be spent studying and doing homework, if students had access to the internet (I guess textbooks are out?).
How did they even get the money to do this? It all stems from a $3 million grant which only eight counties applied for. Kudos to you Greenville County Schools for jumping on the opportunity and let’s hope today’s students have more self control than I do at work.
If it were me, I’d be scrolling through Facebook, Instagramming and sending snaps to my friend three seats up (but maybe I’m just a bad student 😉 ).
2 min read // WYFF4
