C4T #2

I read We Didn't Have [X] when I was a kid. It was talking about how people are not open to the idea of changing technology. The old saying "I walked to school barefoot in the snow every day both ways and I turned out OK"has turned into "I didn't have computers when I was in school and I turned out OK." They may turn out OK, but technology in the world is going to change whether we change it in schools or not. Why not go ahead and teach our students how to use technology to benefit them before they get out in the real world? There is no reason that we shouldn't. It's definitely not going to hurt them if we teach them a little about technology.
The next post I read was Things that AREN'T on the bubble tests. This post discusses the things such as honesty, self-discipline, and reliability that are not taught in schools. We focus so much on "Bubble tests" such as SATs, ACTs, and others so we only teach the burp-back facts that are needed to score high on these tests and we forget about the other things such as motivation. Yes, you need the burp-back facts to make it through high school, but the other things are important in college and the career field.