Chaos_Ice t1_iu7np48 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:34 AM

This is definitely true. They’re given “A’s” for everything and yet can’t put the work on paper. My friend’s daughter is in middle school and they allow her to use a calculator on homework and tests, but if you ask her to solve it on paper she doesn’t know shit.

Edit: Downvoted for telling the truth. Most of these kids barely know the basics. All these chromebooks and calculators. They don’t know how to do shit otherwise.

Invest-24_7_356 t1_iu8dsl1 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:38 AM

They have been doing this for awhile. Expectations have been reduced. Easier to control the uneducated. Sad times.

Best_Ad340 t1_iu98g0p wrote on October 29, 2022 at 3:26 PM

Sure, I used a calculator on my homework but now thanks to leveraging technology, I can program multi-axis machine tools with complex 3-dimensional toolpaths and turn a hunk of titanium into almost any shape imaginable; all while keeping every surface within 0.0003" of it's theoretical dimensions.

I agree, school is fucked but STOP blaming technology ya boomer.