Let's not give them the latest netbook, instead let?s take away their calculator and hand them a slide rule. This trend of letting machines think for our children is teaching our children not to think. If you went into a restaurant where high school kids ran the register how many do you think could give you correct change without at least using a pencil and paper of the register were to stop working? I am betting nearly zero could do it in their head.
You should focus on teaching students how to handle the basic skills and forget about what is fashionable from Dell.
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