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Originally Posted by b1crunch
I graduated in 2000 as well. I used computers in my Alberta classrooms right from about grade 3 or 4 up until I graduated. Obviously we didn't use them everyday and we had a designated "computer lab" back in those days, but we definitely used them. To think I was using computers in the late 80s or early 90s in elementary school but she didn't think kids would need them a decade later in the early 2000s is laughable.
It was obvious to me as a high school student in the late 90s that the world was moving towards a computer/digital environment. She should have been able to see that in 2000.
I understand her perspective, and can see her points (which are the same points people make now about cell phones in the classroom) but she was still wrong. Not that it matters much now, because its over 20 years ago. But I guess it shows her lack of judgment and ability to see even the very near future were lacking even then.
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I grew up in the hood and definitely did not see a computer until Junior High and at that time I'd be surprised if we had an hour a week of typing class on the old Macintosh II. In high school computers were a luxury and we had computers labs but they were very under utilized and at that time no one really saw the potential or the future of technology. There was still a lot of old school mentality in terms of how workplaces would function and adopt technology.
You were obviously ahead of the curve growing up because I did not see or experience the potential of the computer in high school. It was a fun tool that allowed us to play some games and message back and forth with friends and maybe download some free tunes from Napster if you were so lucky. It wasn't until University where I truly started to learn about the productivity potential when it came to doing research, work and modeling things.