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Some times i wonder if people realise how with the march of technology we are creating a sub-class. 

Having had so much trouble with printers lately I have been forced to attend the library on an almost daily basis.  This has made me more mindful of what I do have, the luxuries in my life i take for granted - yes i found myself singing Amazing Grace in the shower today.  A song I was told was a lament and should not be sung in the office by a suedo-black person.

Any way back to the point.

In visiting the library i noticed there were no children using the computers, no young people.  This was completely different to visiting the library in the town centre, it was packed with children and again in Moss Side and East Manchester, Longsight, Fallowfield. 

However, Chorlton, Sale, Stretford - no such clammering to use the amenities. 

Without addressing the lack of technology at home available for our youth, we are creating a sub-class.  A group of people who already feel disadvantaged and further marginalised by the need to do homework over the internet, on the computer, at home. 

Many of our young people, with working parents, on supposedly decent salaries, are unable to access what is taken for granted. 

and no a smart phone is not an adequate tool. 

 

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