Sugar is a computer environment “designed to help children from 5 to 12 years of age learn together through rich-media expression.” It was originally developed for the One Laptop Per Child program, which provides disadvantaged kids with rugged, low-cost laptops to improve their education. Even if you are not one of the lucky recipients of a OLPC laptop, you can still reap the benefits of the Sugar Learning System by downloading it from the Sugar Labs website and using it on most computers.
A noble goal, to be sure. So why then do they insist on depicting the Sugar experience like an acid trip?
