Most students at Pinkerton Academy think that computers are important for their future career. However, Vietnamese students have much higher awareness of this issue. While only 38% of American students think that computer is very important to their future career, this number is 70% in Vietnamese students.

Computers at Pinkerton Academy are considered easy to access by students. 92% students rarely or never have difficulties in accessing computers at school. In contrast, this number is only 21% at Kim Lien High School. This difference clearly illustrates the difference in infrastructure between the two schools.

Courses at Pinkerton Academy seem to require heavy IT usage. By the end of semester 1, only 4% of students at Pinkerton Academy have no course which requires computer usage for at least one assignment. In contrast, the curriculum at Kim Lien High School does not require much use of computers. 54% students indicated that in semester 1 they do not have any assignments requiring usage of computers.