Budding poet grateful for tablet

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Budding poet grateful for tablet

Eight-year-old Allesha Lawson was a picture of confidence as she recited a poem at the hand over of 26 tablets at the Gregory Park Primary School in St Catherine on Wednesday. She was one of the recipients under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child...

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