I was having a chat the other day to a high school teach who teaches in a high school run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Tocho). Tocho has finally addressed the problem of lack of computers teachers have access to, by issuing each teacher with his/her own laptop. Hurrah for Tocho! A long overdue move.
But....
Apparently there are restrictions on the computers.
The computer network is operated from the Tocho office in Shinjuku and works on Tocho hours - 9am-5pm Mon Friday. Oops... schools start at 8 here... Ooops - most high schools work two Saturdays a month.... Ooops - teachers often don't finish club activities till five and are frequently at school till 7. Ooops - teachers work in the evenings and weekends...
Futhermore the computers allow people to copy from the hard drive onto a USB, but don't allow someone to copy from a USB to the hard drive....To bad if you want to use your home computer at night.....
Apparently the laptop makes a good placemat.
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