3 ms·
Why does a kid need a chrome book? To do what? Pencils and paper, what's wrong with that? It worked for centuries and now for some reason every student needs a
by ChumpGPT 4y ago
Why does a kid need a chrome book? To do what? Pencils and paper, what's wrong with that? It worked for centuries and now for some reason every student needs a chrome book to waste tax payer money, useless tech, theater for the parents that their children will have some kind of an advantage. Schools need to go back to the basics and not invent ways to make kids stupid and waste tax payer money.
- Eisenstein 4y agoPencils and paper? What a waste, I used chalk on a slate tablet.
- toastedwedge 4y agoChalk on a slate tablet? What a waste, I just burned several chunks of wood in a particular way.
- CoastalCoder 4y agoLuxury!
- jaclaz 4y agoKids today: https://tinyapps.org/blog/200702250700_why_in_my_day.html https://tinyapps.org/blog/200702250700_why_in_my_day.html
- nindalf 4y agoBurning wood? Luxury! Growing up we had to inscribe our cuneiform on clay tablets. And it really was the best way, because our tablets would last thousands of years. - Ea-Nasir
- Ekaros 4y agoI would probably go with more traditional wax inside wooden frame. I don't think slate is childproof enough. And the chalk is consumable waste...
- Cort3z 4y agoCovid
- caconym_ 4y agoI think there's some theoretical utility to the concept, but the problem seems to be that the software is so bad kids would actually be better off with pencil and paper and old-timey physical textbooks. 99% of modern consumer software is godawful and kids seem to get the worst of it, presumably because the people who are actually subject to using the software (kids, parents, to some degree teachers) are so many steps removed from the """decision"""-makers who bought it, to say nothing of the rent-seeking ghouls who """designed""" and """built""" it.