[UCANSEE2]

Perhaps I’m deficient, but I had to learn how to learn. I wouldn’t have been able to educate myself from the Internet when I was young. Maybe it’s asking too much of most people. Maybe most young people need teachers.

I was not meaning to imply that young people should rely on the internet for all their educational needs. What a disaster that would be.

What I was trying to communicate was that children NOW have a virtual world library instantly available at their fingertips.

Instead of spending 2 hours going to a library and coming out with one book that they have to spend another 2 hours reading through to even see if it answers their questions, they can do it in 60 seconds on their smartphone or computer.

BUT... they have to be ASKING questions, which comes from being challenged by teachers.

[dsc]

“I was not meaning to imply that young people should rely on the internet for all their educational needs.”

I did not intend to ascribe such an extreme position to you. Sorry if it came across that way.

After a certain point, though, it seems like we should be able to give a high-schooler a stack of books and tell him to come back in three months prepared for written and oral exams. Not in every case or for every subject, probably, but at least to some extent.