Why are young people today, more concerned with having a computer for thier studies than with basic education?

Question

I read two separate questions today regarding computer hardware, both had mis-spelled words in the question.

Answer 1

First, you misspelled the word "their" in your question. (lol) Just pickin' with ya' though. The institution of learning has changed a lot since I went to school (& graduated--1989, thank you!). Computers have been integrated into everything. Pretty soon a computer will tell you when to eat, sleep, & go to the bathroom! I think it's a good thing that our children are learning about & with PC's. But they should also learn & RETAIN all the basics as well, which I don't think that today's schools put enough emphasis on.

Answer 2

Well, if you must be pedantic about it, there's no stroke in "misspelled."

But if you doubt the value of computers, then you clearly don't understand the methods being used in today's institutions of higher learning.

My computer was a vital tool during my university years. Lectures were archived and webcast, so if I needed to hear my professor repeat something, I could watch it in reruns over my DSL line at home. Running statistical analyses of large datasets would have been extremely difficult with only a pen and paper. The clinical researchers (and economists, actuaries, psychologists, etc.) these days run SAS to process their numbers and data. As an epidemiology student, I needed to learn to program SAS as a basic occupational skill. Can't program SAS without a computer. Any much correspondence between professors and students is conducted via email these days.

Look, typos happen. I make them all the time. It's not that I can't spell (quite the contrary, and I have the trophies to prove it). But sometimes, my fingertips and my eyes do not cooperate the way I'd like them to.

Hope is not lost. There is one thing I beleive would do much to preserve the quality of written language. KILL INTERNET SHORTHAND. The more accustomed you get to saying "C U L8R," the less able you are able to articulate the words "see you later." I have friends who are high school English teachers. Kids these days write papers using IM shorthand and slang. The language as we knew is dying.

Answer 3

Very odd, indeed. I was about the only person in my college classes that would turn in written work, unless it was a formal paper, then I would use the library's computer, what a pain...
I was fairly content with my highlighter pen and a pad of paper to jot down notes and drawings/charts/ or tables.
Are schools these days now issuing software instead of textbooks?

Answer 4

They think that a computer will magically open up new realms of learning for them with a minimum of effort. It's sort of a talisman. A good luck charm.
Besides if they get bored, they can always IM their friends. The failure rate for freshman is always high.

Answer 5

We live in a lax society! Parents are so afraid to abuse their children that they are also afraid to disappoint them or set appropriate limits.
Therefore, children expect a certain "Wow! factor" in everything they do.
Spelling was easy for me, even at 3 1/2 years old. God knows what would have become of me if my mother hadn't taught me at home before I hit peer pressure in school!

Answer 6

because if a kid has a computer it means they can make them selves even less intelligent then they where....with all the abreveations and things they dont know how to spell right