Flashbacks to being in elementary school in like 2004 and they had to teach us how to use calculators. “Had” is a strong word. They literally spent an entire day of math one day telling us how to use a normal non-graphing calculator. I distinctly remember hearing “don’t hold it like a Gameboy, don’t use your pencil to press the buttons,” and even then thinking how useless of a day that was. They wanted it to still seem so important. Remember, you won’t have one of these in your pocket every day.
I think I got reasonable tech training in high school in the early 2000s. I was taught how to use Word and Excel, and made to type up some of my assignments. Years later I’d watch my Gen X boss doing the company books by doing the math on a calculator and then typing the results into an Excel spreadsheet.
That said, I didn’t learn to type in keyboarding class, I learned to type hitting on girls on MSN messenger.
LOL and just like that we’re back in the 80s with you calling me a fucking nerd. Some of us never grew up.
Some of us also don’t read and think well. GenX grew up and spawned the whole tech industry with nothing but the sparse, shitty computer education you speak of. Therefore, exactly like I said: we clearly didn’t need school to teach us how to use technology. I never said we were all amazing at it in the 80s. Now fuck off.
“TEchMoLoGy iS tHe fUTuRe anD wE mUSt PrEpArE tHE stUdEnTs!”
Yeah, no. You can stick to teaching them core curriculum. Speaking on behalf of GenX, we never needed school to tell us how to use technology.
Flashbacks to being in elementary school in like 2004 and they had to teach us how to use calculators. “Had” is a strong word. They literally spent an entire day of math one day telling us how to use a normal non-graphing calculator. I distinctly remember hearing “don’t hold it like a Gameboy, don’t use your pencil to press the buttons,” and even then thinking how useless of a day that was. They wanted it to still seem so important. Remember, you won’t have one of these in your pocket every day.
I think I got reasonable tech training in high school in the early 2000s. I was taught how to use Word and Excel, and made to type up some of my assignments. Years later I’d watch my Gen X boss doing the company books by doing the math on a calculator and then typing the results into an Excel spreadsheet.
That said, I didn’t learn to type in keyboarding class, I learned to type hitting on girls on MSN messenger.
Agreed, also encouraging curiosity probably is more beneficial IMO
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LOL and just like that we’re back in the 80s with you calling me a fucking nerd. Some of us never grew up.
Some of us also don’t read and think well. GenX grew up and spawned the whole tech industry with nothing but the sparse, shitty computer education you speak of. Therefore, exactly like I said: we clearly didn’t need school to teach us how to use technology. I never said we were all amazing at it in the 80s. Now fuck off.
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