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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents (fortune.com)
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[–] 14 points 7 months ago (8 children)

The mistake was a bunch of people who learned how to use computers as adults thinking that the only way to learn how to use a computer is to do so from a young age, in non-vocational ways.

Doesn’t make sense, does it?

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    It's all part of the plan, create technological dependency. Why is Google so laser focused on making sure these school PCs are always Chromebooks?

    Raise an entire generation that can't write, research, calculate, synthesize, without a Chromebook. If it breaks, they buy a new one, when they grow up they rely on always having one, and so on.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Yes, businesses want children indoctrinated into the products that make them money.

    Also, businesses want job training to be done in schools at the expense of education. I’ve talked to many people that seriously think that college is supposed to be entry-level job training. That kind of thing was always part of what new hires learn in entry-level jobs.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I was once told "we're not going to teach you what you need to know, just what employers want you to know". Lost all respect for that "teacher" in that moment, as well as the school.

    This was not recently either, that kind of dumbification has been going on for decades.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I mean, are they wrong? Why else do people go into student loan debt if not to get a job?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    It’s called education. People become educated to be better and more productive workers with a strong understanding of research, critical thinking, individual vs team work, languages, cultural differences, etcetera.

    Every job is very specific. The job training itself is supposed to happen at that job in some way. Doctors have residency. Lawyers do time as a clerk. Electricians have apprenticeships. Cops have 5 week training.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Another aspect is drive and motivation. You work to achieve in your life, and future, however that’s slipping so we are seeing more people say what’s the point? It’s a vicious circle.

    The edu system has been sliding towards workforce requirements for a long time. Most people cannot distinguish the difference between learning, education and training.

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