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Oh poppycock. This was Carnegie's line, only it was about libraries. Without the Internet, libraries were there for everyone to use. How are kids that can't rea
by dinkumthinkum 14y ago
Oh poppycock. This was Carnegie's line, only it was about libraries. Without the Internet, libraries were there for everyone to use. How are kids that can't read going ... Oh come on, can we stop with this "The Internet solves all of our education problems" nonsense?
I know it is, because this well educated populace doesn't exist and yet the Internet does.
I submit to you that there is very little you need to use the Internet to learn and I also submit that by your reasoning about how easy it is for people to learn then if if they were to purchase physical books, all they would need would be the "canon" of Penguin Press books. But yet people have never done this en masse or even in any significant other than ... wait for it .. outliers. :)
So, basically, the whole view is just one big unproven naked assertion.
- RealGeek 14y agoSee http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_t... and http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.html http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.htm... > How are kids that can't read going A picture is worth a thousand words.
- dinkumthinkum 14y agoNo. :) That's interesting and wonderful but does not prove anything about this discussion. I haven't watched the whole but I saw the description, learn to use a PC. OK, there is a big difference between learning to use something and that designed with "usability" in mind and learning CS, physics, chemistry, law, medicine, whatever.
- RealGeek 14y agoI learned most of what I know from Internet. Not just programming; but arts, science, mathematics etc. I agree, basic schooling is very important; there is no replacement for it. College / University education is nice to have, but it is not must.