[1949] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: [Mit-talk] [UA-SCATR] New Card initiative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (You (Yoyo) Zhou)
Mon Jul 3 16:56:55 2006
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:56:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: "You (Yoyo) Zhou" <yoz@mit.edu>
To: Michael Shaw <mshaw@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <b903a2f20607031323t24087efap4b675a878b836850@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: reubano@alum.mit.edu, faber@alum.mit.edu, ua-scatr@mit.edu,
"Pius A. Uzamere II" <pius@alum.mit.edu>, mit-talk@mit.edu
Errors-To: mit-talk-bounces@mit.edu
On Mon, 3 Jul 2006, these errant words escaped from Michael Shaw:
> Either way, I guess I really am an advocate of choice for students and
> parents, and if MIT wants to open another avenue for that, I don't see
> why its wrong.
We don't know the details yet, but:
- If students can't transfer money from Dining Dollars to TechCash, it's
less choice for the students.
- If they can, what's the point of Dining Dollars? Parents will have no
assurance their money will be spent on food.
Will parents think Dining Dollars is a technological solution to a social
problem (misuse of money)? After all, TechCash provides the benefit of
convenience over cash, but Dining Dollars provides nothing that TechCash
doesn't. But a "meal plan" is a terrible way to try to instill financial
responsibility. And if it benefits neither parents nor students, then
whose interests are pushing this forward?
--
Yoyo Zhou
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