RIP One Laptop per Child

oh ceibalita
The little girl of the family
Green hope
In the yard and kitchen

With a river of light
You lit up the heads
Of a generation
That did not expect the surprise

Your sugar sweetened us
And also your cocoa
These verses are few
The stanzas and the praises

Planted in the field
You grew up everywhere
With your velvet keyboard
We will miss learning

"Elegy to the ceibalita" by Titu Naburu. Released under the CC BY-SA license.

And now a zamba, which can be sung to the music of "Añoralgias" (both the Les Luthiers and Los Chalchaleros versions serve)

First!

(Musical Bridge)

Adentro

This zamba sang with great affection
to a project from 10 years ago,
revolutionary for others.
A laptop for each child.
And today I mourn my song
because they shouted: "No more going" (NO GOING MORE).

I still remember: For 100 green mangoes, (or two hundred)
having a netbook was crazy,
although with Linux it was safe.
The children students were happy.
By trying, I say, nothing is lost,
although he had nothing of beauty.

But the rise of tablets came,
the lack of ideas became fatal.
And although his sales weren't too bad,
their focus on cheap and stable hardware, (well)
the project became vulnerable,
stagnant and still, like a zeibal.

Second!

(Musical Bridge)

Adentro

He left us with all varieties of fruits,
en India, Rwanda or Uruguay.
And although I know the deficiencies there are
(We want more money for the institutes),
I propose, a bit rough:
for each student, a Raspberry Pi.

Teachers who come out well trained,
more engaging games and better plans.
Better connectivity, gentlemen,
Between Plan, schools, parents and students,
in Montevideo and everywhere,
AND THEY DON'T FUCK WITH THOSE PRINTERS (I forced the rhyme).

When these tips take advantage,
stay calm, you already have a base,
which would give pride to educate
and slap these bad milk. (it's over)
I'm leaving and take advantage of them.
Happy beginning of school.