I'm a little surprised this has ruffled anyone's feathers, let alone made any worthwhile banter here.
First there was [insert arbitrary invention here] and it was CERTAIN to ruin students motivation / abilty to learn [insert aribitrary academic subject here]. Then there was that follow up thing...and the other...
Anyone on here remember when programable calculators came out? Gameboys? The typewriter?
Each of these were the harbingers of doom in one form or another. Yet somehow we still seem to produce slews of creative, intelligent, motivated, and productive members of society.
To throw in another cliche: The only constant is change.
Society is becoming more complex, the available history more vast, and in is always increasing at an advancing rate.
So don't be alarmed, if your children aren't a whiz with the dewey decimal system and their cursive stinks. If they can program in C, google more effectively than you, and type faster than most adults think, then they are more than prepared for pursuing their fortunes in the 21st century.
You see, your education is what you make of it. Always has been. Always will be. The parents can help a little here and there; but a good student will grow at an even more rapid pace with the tools we have available.
All that has transpired is that the untalented, unmotivated, and uninterested can skate by just a little bit easier.
If, on the other hand, you want to speak about their bodily health and fat arses....well, we'll leave that for another thread.
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I'm a little surprised this has ruffled anyone's feathers, let alone made any worthwhile banter here.
First there was [insert arbitrary invention here] and it was CERTAIN to ruin students motivation / abilty to learn [insert aribitrary academic subject here]. Then there was that follow up thing...and the other...
Anyone on here remember when programable calculators came out? Gameboys? The typewriter?
Each of these were the harbingers of doom in one form or another. Yet somehow we still seem to produce slews of creative, intelligent, motivated, and productive members of society.
To throw in another cliche: The only constant is change.
Society is becoming more complex, the available history more vast, and in is always increasing at an advancing rate.
So don't be alarmed, if your children aren't a whiz with the dewey decimal system and their cursive stinks. If they can program in C, google more effectively than you, and type faster than most adults think, then they are more than prepared for pursuing their fortunes in the 21st century.
You see, your education is what you make of it. Always has been. Always will be. The parents can help a little here and there; but a good student will grow at an even more rapid pace with the tools we have available.
All that has transpired is that the untalented, unmotivated, and uninterested can skate by just a little bit easier.
If, on the other hand, you want to speak about their bodily health and fat arses....well, we'll leave that for another thread.
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