<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 February 2013 16:58, Seun Ojedeji <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello People<br><br></blockquote><div style>Hi Seun,</div>
<div style> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:el@lisse.na" target="_blank">el@lisse.na</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto"><div>I don't have issues with my iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, Mac Book Air, iMac, eeePC, Ubunto server(s) or BlackBerry, <br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div style><br></div>
<div style>Right, this students either studies and works and has a good paycheck or his parents are doing very very well. <br></div><div style> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div>Here is a sample of one person's gears, just to emphasis that 1:5 is being modest ;)<br>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div style><br></div><div style>I have been quietly thinking through the communities 1:5 argument, but one little but very important factor is being left out. The fact that NOT EVERY STUDENT CAN AFFORD TO BUT ALL THOSE TOYS. I went to University of Dar es salaam last week to just study the environment and internet usage at the campus as my curiosity stemmed from this very 1:5 argument, and guess what, most students can;t even afford to own Laptops. Funny thing is the % of students who actually have the Steve Jobs toys are like 10% because they can even afford them. The Private students only get School Fees from their parents and those on Government loans can hardly afford a personal laptop. Most of them share laptops haaah. On the issue of phones, there are no campus wide wireless networks and thus most students with smartphones are using 3G services from the Telecom companies.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>This is a case for one specific HEI in Tanzania and now how about the rest of the continents and in other countries. Let us be realistic and stop assuming and basing our arguments on some few specific institutions and rich students.</div>
<div style> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Cheers! <br>
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</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>My 2 cents,</div><div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>Maina</div></div>