Re: MeToo Children's Program

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

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.

-michael

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