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 * Table 5: Answers to the Questions.**

1. Does the six hour handicap ring true with students or other children you have known?
 * **Most of the kids at our school are there because of this reason. They feel they are "stupid" and can't do it because they've been told or felt this way for so long**

2. How, in your opinion, do typical school environments cause us to tragically underestimate some student's abilities? How could it be prevented?
 * **Sometimes we automatically assume students know what we're talking about. Before we assume this, we need to find out how each students learn. Case files are an automatic assumption that students will fail in certain areas prior to trial and error.**

3. Why do you think this situational handicap shows up most often in minorities?
 * **At our table, we don't think that it shows up most often in minorities even if studies do prove this. If we look at the student population in our school, it's primarily on environmental characteristics.**

4. How would you define digital or technological literacy?
 * **The ability to use, understand, and teach others about new and available ideas and methods.**

5. Is it more important for students to be digitally literate today than it was five years ago? Why or Why not?
 * **Yes, it is more important for students to be digitally literate today than five years ago. It was optional five years ago. Now it almost seems mandatory. Our students are already doing these practices as part of their daily lives. We need to step it up and get with the program.**

6. Would a project like MOUSE be advantageous for a student that attends this school?
 * **MOUSE would be an advantageous project with adequate supervision given our student population.**

7. Does mastery of digital skills tie into achievement in core content areas? Explain. If not, should they?
 * **Digital skills tie into achievement in not only core content areas but all areas. There is so many resources to enhance curriculum and improve learning. This also allows students to take ownership of their assignments.**