That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and poor people

Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by ams6110 on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @11:12AM (#11345176)

Very marginal if at at all. Believe me especially by middle school and older, everyone knows who is poor, who is rich, who is a slut, who is religious, who is a jock, etc. And there are other ways, e.g. everyone has a swipe card or number code to "pay" for their lunch and you never know who's on the free lunch program or not.

I've never heard of a school giving free lunch by default, though. Maybe in areas where 99% of the kids would qualify anyway?

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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by skywhopper on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @09:00PM (#11349760)

It's a pretty recent program, and it's only available if the school has over 40% eligibility, but it exists, and it's great: http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/cn/CEPfactsheet....

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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by nmrm2 on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @01:53PM (#11346667)

> Maybe in areas where 99% of the kids would qualify anyway?

Yes. Which there are a lot of, because poverty is so extremely concentrated.

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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by nsgi on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @07:28PM (#11349215)

Even if it doesn't increase kids' knowledge, it still draws attention to it (both to peers and the kid themself) and provides an opportunity for bullying.

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