11-13-2012, 07:06 PM
lazydays wrote:
I had the opportunity to tour a local public school and I was amazed by the amount of electronics in the classroom. Middle school students were making their presentations using state of the art projectors and Microsoft PowerPoint. Rather than being impressed I simply wondered how much time was spent playing with these gizmos vs learning. I am all for equipping both students and teachers with the tools they need but I suspect they sometimes go too far.
Also, I enjoy watching vintage tv shows and I am struck by the contrast with current tv. The older shows (that I watch) demonstrate basic respect for people, especially children for adults, where current programming seems to glorify lying and disrespect. I realize the older shows did not represent how things really were but the current shows certainly do encourage poor behavior.
Now get off my lawn!
I'm in agreement, 1000%
It is INSANE to me that we are spending money on iPads and wiring up schools when there are still kids attending the schools - you know, the students - who cannot comprehend basic math and have bad literacy skills. This fascination with technology has really got me crazy, no joke, it's as if no one can see the folly of their ways and we'll gladly sacrifice a generation of kids for this whiz-bang tech. I would have NO such problem if they were being taught programming, but it's all consumption.