Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> David Schmenk wrote:
> 
>> But, I'm a few years too late.  Most of the Apple IIs have been 
>> tossed.  There was still so much learning potential in those machines, 
>> from kindergarten through high school.
> 
> Don't feel too bad--there was no way that train could have been stopped
> (and lots of people tried for many years).
> 
> The equipment used in schools is a political issue--what seems right to
> "most people"--not a practical issue: what works.  Of course, the same
> is true for methods used in schools, people used in schools, etc.
> 
> I view this essential dysfunction of the educational system in the US
> as the most fundamental problem facing the country--in the sense that
> if we don't fix it, nothing else will be fixed.
> 
> We simply need to teach our children to be *smart* (and I don't mean
> IQ).  Informed critical thinking is the *only* way to solve problems,
> and the problems we face today are going to look easy compared to the
> ones our grandchildren will face.
> 

Amen.

> -michael
> 
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> 
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> tool--and it's seriously underused."
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