FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVES: TECHNOLOGY We've all gotten emails about students who end up with no working computer, internet cut off due to non-payment, you name it. Some students even start school with no computer and use a public PC, or one at work. While not having internet or a computer may not be the best scenario, we need to come together with the student and find ways that the course tasks can be accomplished. The situation is: the student is in your class and expending funds to be enrolled, so why do we discourage a student who already has some technological strikes against them? Here is an actual email from a faculty member to a student in Class #1 of the AABA program: From: Negative Instructor To: Struggling Student I am surprised that the school is allowing you to begin classes without a computer email me when you submit please Let me translate the email: Student- I have no confidence in you; you are not going to pass the class anyway so you might as well drop out