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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