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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

And that's how we end up with young adults entering the work force that can't

  • type
  • navigate the web safely
  • save something to a specified directory
  • transfer a file
  • maintain backups
  • recognize suspisous websites/news/ads
  • navigate the constantly changing Microsoft UIs
  • troubleshoot anything as simple as turning on the computer screen

The world is different than it was 30 years ago, if we don't prepare them for the internet age, then they will fail.

I do agree, physical books and learning off-screen is very important. Letting kids use the open web all day is not helpful, but bring them the computer lab to teach them the productive uses of a computer.

[–] 257m 3 points 4 days ago

Except the school prepares the children with none of that in its current state. Those chromebooks are incredibly locked to the point of being practically useless beyond searching stuff on google. We have still have textbooks at my school but most people prefer the pdf version. Most of the kids at my school are incredibly tech illiterate to the point of not knowing how the filesystem works. Most of them have used mobile devices as their primary computers and use laptops just as a glorified browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I don't think any of this is actually a problem--meaning I don't agree that it is true, not that it wouldn't be a problem if it were true--except Microsoft's criminal UI changes and perpetual rebranding of the same old garbage.