Is it just me, or does it seem like this doesn't quite qualify as "news for nerds"?
Although it may indeed not qualify, I think it's just you - more or less. Think of Jon's contributions as a column - food for thought, essentially. Even if you don't agree with it (I strongly disliked his kids-and-tv comment yesterday) it makes you think about it.
I'd like to emphazize that. If you let your kid watch too much TV you are damaging his cognitive abilities. This, BTW, has nearly no relation to the content presented.
Jon, you are in the writing profession, so give this a thought: None of your articles would be read by your TV-trained-at-age-of-2 kids. Hey, they would read the first two paragraphs, and that's it.
Schools already today have trouble dealing with kids with substantially smaller attention spans than we (yep, that's me and - even much more - you) have.
The Zapping Generation already can't concentrate on anything. Any you want make that worse ?
I'd like to emphazize that. if you let your kid watch too much TV you are damaging his cognitive abilities. This, BTW, has nearly no relation to the content presented.
Jon, you are in the writing profession, so give this a thought: none of your articles would be read by your TV-trained-at-age-of-2 kids. Hey, they would read the first two paragraphs, and that's it.
Schools already today have trouble dealing with kids with substantially smaller attention spans than we (yep, that's me and - even much more - you) have.
The Zapping Generation already can't concentrate on anything. Any you want make that worse ?
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Even if you don't agree with it (I strongly disliked his kids-and-tv comment yesterday) it makes you think about it.
Overall I think it's a worthy contribution.
I'd like to emphazize that. If you let your kid watch too much TV you are damaging his cognitive abilities. This, BTW, has nearly no relation to the content presented.
Jon, you are in the writing profession, so give this a thought: None of your articles would be read by your TV-trained-at-age-of-2 kids. Hey, they would read the first two paragraphs, and that's it.
Schools already today have trouble dealing with kids with substantially smaller attention spans than we (yep, that's me and - even much more - you) have.
The Zapping Generation already can't concentrate on anything. Any you want make that worse ?
Sounds strange...
frost
I'd like to emphazize that. if you let your kid watch too much TV you are damaging his cognitive abilities. This, BTW, has nearly no relation to the content presented.
Jon, you are in the writing profession, so give this a thought: none of your articles would be read by your TV-trained-at-age-of-2 kids. Hey, they would read the first two paragraphs, and that's it.
Schools already today have trouble dealing with kids with substantially smaller attention spans than we (yep, that's me and - even much more - you) have.
The Zapping Generation already can't concentrate on anything. Any you want make that worse ?
Sounds strange...
frost