"Those with Special Needs"

by Separation of Powers 4 Replies latest jw friends

  • Separation of Powers
    Separation of Powers

    So, we all remember the old "special needs room request" form from the old District Convention arrangement. Those with accomodations in bigger cities where the District Assemblies were being held would provide a room within their homes to house brothers with nominal resources. At times, however, where these accomodations were unavailable, the congregation itself would put up the funds to assist brothers with the cost of the room (on the list).

    So now, here we are with JW.org and the need to access it in order to fully acquire wisdom. It is being promoted throughout the world as the tool to gain accurate knowledge. What about those with special needs though? Those that cannot afford the price of even a cheap tablet? Where do they go? What do they do? I say, someone should recommend a "special needs tablet request" form. The congregation Service Committee can scrutinize the individual requests, verify that the person making the request is in "good standing" without the propensity to look at "improper material" on the Internet, etc. Then, after approving the request, the form could be sent to the ORG where funds from the WWW can be used to provide this life-saving tablet to the needy bro or sis. There could be a list of "approved" tablets whose names are not in some way related to pagan rituals or who don't help subsidize Christendom.

    Good idea?

  • zebagain
    zebagain

    brilliant provided the wts itself pays the bill.

  • Faithful Witness
    Faithful Witness

    "Who really is the faithful and discreet slave, whom the master has appointed over his household, to give him food at the proper time?"

    Apples are food!

  • berrygerry
    berrygerry

    It needs to be programmed to only access jw.org though.

  • WTWizard
    WTWizard

    Never mind the tablet. Anyone ever look at the price of data plans? If you are using your tablet to access the Internet while away from home or a hot spot, you are in for data usage charges. Just as a cell phone used to use "minutes", most data plans use "gigabytes". The cost of a reasonable amount of data usage can exceed the cost of the tablet within a year.

    Also, you are going to be spending time maintaining a tablet. Those things are exposed to physical abuse including dust, heat and cold, direct sunlight, and even the occasional droppage (and, if you are going in the rain, you had better have a good umbrella--which, the best of them can cost a surprising amount). Putting security on your tablet is a must if you are using it for Internet access, because worms are now targeting these devices. And such is going to cost you money, plus time to scan for worms. You also need to take time to clean your tablet of rubbish files, much as you would a computer. With a SSD, you do not need to defragment as with a regular hard drive. However, they do fill up quickly, and it takes time to delete files as it takes a lot of time to write data in a "cell" that already has data in it.

    Plus, time to learn how to use the tablet. It isn't the same as with your computer. Tablets have different inputs from computers. The keyboard is on the tablet--smudge. There are buttons on the perimeter, and you had better know what they do. The orientation of the screen changes with how you position the tablets. You also need to know how to use the apps that come with the tablet, and which apps will do you good. Unlike a computer where unused programs do nothing but waste a few megabytes of your 2 TB drive, you only have a few gigabytes (cheap tablets are only 16 GB) to play with.

    Maybe the washtowel should pay for those data plans that will be necessary--and not stint, either. Play of a video, whether a porn video or a video from their site, costs you plenty of data. You play a 2-minute video at the door 30 times a month, you can go through plenty of data. They also need to pay for reasonable memory (64 GB) and the common apps that are needed, including a good security app. And, allow counting of time for beginners that need to learn how to use the tablets. After all, a minute used to learn how to use a tablet is a minute not spent in field circus.

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