[Physltest] [Phys-L] Re: Concerned over costs (was Mac vs. PC )

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

"I am not immune to this.  I drive a Honda Accord when I could drive a
Honda Civic, or less.  But I am not driving a Rolls or a Bentley.  Maybe
I would get more respect if I did.  Hmmm... would that be worth it?"

Reminds me of a lecture wherein the speaker suggested teachers should dress as the moneyed class do, i.e. suits, if they wished to join it.

Do you wear a suit? What cloth?

bc, shorts and Tee

Michael Edmiston wrote:

> In reference to my story about over-expenditures for putting technology
> in classrooms, Denker echoed my sentiments that the technology director
> acts unethically and ought to be reassigned.  John also suggested
> people/institutions who behave this way can end up not getting more
> grant money and run the risk of going out of business.
>
> Au contraire!  Not if you are good with words/PR and not if you are
> dealing with people who don't know better.  Our technology folks have
> been praised for doing a wonderful job, we have received national
> acclaim for being one of the most-wired campuses in the US, and the
> likelihood of more grant money is very high.
>
> When $24,000 is spent for technology in a classroom, it comes out really
> nice.  The screens are motorized and automatically come down when you
> turn on the system.  There is a control console on the lecture bench
> that has the same look/feel in each classroom.  There is one set of
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