The "free" public high school is not free here. They require internet research projects, where most students don't own a computer, nor have internet. And the school and the library certainly don't offer any. So most have to pay for use at the internet cafe, and then pay a quarter for each page that is printed out (20 pages would cost $5) Money they don't have. So here is Princess and I working in our office on her project. Stayed up till after midnight finishing it. It was complete title page and all, for free on us. The next day she returns in the evening and asks if she can have some of our colored construction paper for a project. Sure. She is busy working hard cutting and pasting. In a couple hours she is finished. So I asked to see her project. It is the same project we already had completed! Same exact information she already submitted, but now the text is cut out and pasted on the colored paper like a scrap book, and same with the photos we had selected for the report. I don't get it! The expense of colored paper and art supplies added for submitting the exact same content. Free education here is definitely not free. But we will continue to help when we can to get them through these curious hoops that they are asked to jump through.
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