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Folk is a motherfvcking Apple fanboy. Believer at the temple of silver apple. Church of the illustrious innerfaith tabernacle of Macintology where the esteem bishop Tim Cook presides and delivers the inspirational word of Steve Jobs. Hallelujah! Mama-say mama-sah ma-ma-coo-sah! Oh praise Jobs!

::Fans Folk’s self::

So Folk sat here and watched in wonderment as Apple has again brought something revolutionary to the table, the digitization of educational text! An opportunity to bring up-to-date educational text to everyone! Hallelujah! Mama-say mama-sah ma-ma-coo-sah! Praise Jobs!

Click. Sync. Learn! Hallelujah! Mama-say mama-sah ma-ma-coo-sah! Praise Jobs!

Folk remembers being at the inner city school reading the same text books that Folk’s mom used some 17-18 years prior. Seeing the scribble of people who had walked the halls some 20 years prior to Folk’s time gave Folk pause. It alerted Folk to the reality that in Folk’s world of the inner city, learning had come to a stand still. …and that reality holds true to this day.

Hell when Folk finally attended a “better” (financially stable) school (as a result of Folk’s mother lying about her address), Folk was in the 8th grade reading and writing on a 4th grade level. And shyt! We aint’ even going to talk about Folk’s math capabilities that were crippled for years!

At this new school, in a higher tax bracket district, with new books, a science lab with working equipment, and all that shyt, Folk learned tons in one year (remember this was illegal because Folk didn’t legally live in the district). The teachers were invested in Folk’s success and by time Folk finished the 8th grade, Folk was prepared for an alternative high school.

The equivalent of this in modern times is the educational lottery. But Folk digress.

The pundits and bloggers have rallied around Apple and has proclaimed yet another success for Apple on the same level of that of the iPhone that revolutionized the cellular industry.

However, Folk has pause. Because unlike the cellular industry, education in America is given to the haves and a second thought trickle down (is that water) of the have-nots.

At every turn, educational budgets in the public school sector are stripped and raped butt naked while children watch these funds tuned into additional weapons and equipment for the war on drugs, the fund for homeland security, and put into the coffers of politicians (will someone remind me why the superintendent of schools needs a public funded Lexus).

And now this… A revolutionary educational technical phenom where you can learn to your hearts content from the best and brightest minds! Just Click. Sync. Learn. Hallelujah! Mama-say mama-sah ma-ma-coo-sah! Praise Jobs!

…that comes with a $400.00 dollar price tag just for admission, not including price for maintenance, or even a gawt d@mned book. That’s just for motherfvcking access! Not to mention the required computer to fvcking sync to the fvcking $400.00 backpack! Motherfvcking costs are racking up quick in this bytch!

There are schools that don’t even have ONE fvcking computer let along the resources to manage a fvcking iPad for EVERY fvcking student!

These gadgets and gizmos only further the divide between those with access to information and those that don’t. In short, Technological segregation of the highest!

Information is the greatest segregationist in our global society. Some will argue that the internet is the great equalizer. However, that’s not the case. There are TWO equalizers within our society.

The 2nd being access to information.

The 1st? Respect of that information. Respect that is required by the pupil, the educator, society, the government, and most importantly the parent.

Don’t misunderstand Folk for one minute. Folk believes that Apple has indeed brought revolution to an aged system that has refused to stay with the times because of a combination of financial tyranny brought upon by racial integration and financial segregation system that is prevalent in our schools.

Unless Apple is willing to loosen their hoards of cash and ensure every child in America has access to this technology, then what’s the point? If Apple is not going to guarantee this then the educational segregation of those with financial resources and those who do not have just grown into a catastrophe of unknown proportions that haven’t been seen since the days of slavery. WHAT?!?!

“Oh your school is still using paper? Silly poor wretch!”

The problem in America is not so much the lack of resources or money to throw at our children like a stripper in a cheap azz strip club where pregnant ladies dance with c-section scares and bad weaves. No…

Making it rain on the educational bytch as we know it is not the solution. No, the solution is every living adult in America putting a priority on education above a child’s right to choose to be a spoiled free individual to express themselves like whinny azz bytches because it’s too hard and boring. Fvck that!

When PARENTS (not offspring elder “friends”) choose homework over Jordans, Playstations, Xboxes, cars, purses, shoes, and i-Whateverthefvcksenvoguethisfvckingmonth devices. When teachers choose a child’s individual gifts over standardized test. When childless adults, stay the fvck out of the business of true PARENTAL guidance instead of trying to “foster” the “small person’s” emotional whims of a world that revolves around them. When our government and politicians declare that the success of our children’s education is relevant to the success of our country instead of trying to figure out the new legal way to swindle yet more money from the pockets of the poor. When children themselves value knowledge over iPhones and iPads, only then will we regain our lead as the world educators.

Until then… we’re left with excuses and technological trinkets to entice us to believe that the solution is external resources, like iTunes University and iBooks, and not the internal conflict of not being true to ourselves or our children.

It is proven that education is the oil of a nation’s economic engine. Education education is nothing more than the passing of information from one person to another. Quality education is ensuring that quality information is passed from one to to another. iTunes university appears to be the innovative technology that is poised to that that.

But will iTunes University bridge the gap of educational segregation or expand the gap further as a result of this technological price of admission?

What y’all think? Opinions in the comments.