IP: Re:panic in educators -- Computers Can Harm Young Children, U.S.Group Says

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:27:31 -0400
> From: Dan Steinberg <dstein () travel-net com>
>
>
> gimme a break! my kids were using computes as soon as they could hold a mouse,
> switched from win3 to win95 without noticing (or if they noticed sure didnt
> come ask me for help).  and if they were in a school that gave out marks to
> elementary students they would have top ones. not to mention the fact that 
> they
> are well-adjusted and play in groups of kids that are older than they are.
>
> This is a disguised plea for money, short-term robbing pentium to pay 
> paul. The
> child that doesnt have the required skills will have difficulty competing, no
> matter how well developed they are. These people should be ashamed of
> themselves for cutting our childrens throats in advance. The next step the 
> math
> teachers will be complaining that learning history prevents a good grasp 
> of set
> theory (cause history never really fits venn diagrams well, but I digresss) so
> we should cut all this funding for history cause theres not enough money for
> maths, then....
>
> Oh, and I would love to see the peer review on the 'studies' they did to
> support these conclusions.......
>
> sorry for ranting but this kind of short-sightedness at the expense of 
> children
> boils my blood. why dont they simply go for more money where its required, and
> drag up the appropriate witnesses, experts, etc. for that? At least they would
> have no trouble justifying their conclusions.
>
>
>
> --
> Dan Steinberg
>
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