New England prep school abandons books, adds $12,000 cappuccino machine
Posted on 05 September 2009, at 9:47 am, by Wayne Schulz
A story yesterday in the Boston Globe spotlighted Cushing Academy – a New England prep school. Their library is undergoing a radical change. All 20,000 of their books are being discarded in favor of electronic editions. Instead they’ll spend $500,000 to outfit the library with a “learning center” containing three large flat-screen TVs that show Internet data, special laptop friendly study carrels, a $50,000 coffee shop that will include a $12,000 cappuccino machine. The students will have access to both Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle devices as well as be encouraged to read material via their laptops. This all sounds like a great idea. One question. When did prep schools start serving cappuccino to students?
Boston Globe via Slashdot image via Dawn Endico flickr
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September 5th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Oh yes, a grand whopping total of 18 e-readers. I suppose the lot already all have laptops – the place sounds like it would mandate that for all students – and they don’t have any qualms about inculcating the acceptance of DRM.