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It's hard for a teacher to use technology for a kindegartner or 1st grader.

They had games 20 years ago also, and it was difficult back then.

I think it is more difficult now. There are a lot more special ed students in the schools now. There is an extreme rise in autism in our country. Also, there are more babies being born earlier and earlier. Unfortunately, those babies can have problems. Also, there are more kids that are born to parents with drug problems (crack babies). Those kids have problems.

I also think that parents in the past were more involved in teaching their kids. There is one little boy in my daughters' kindegarten class who barely makes the cut off for kindegarten. The teachers have told the parents that he is not ready for kindegarten, but the parents are keeping the child in the class. The mom has said that she is "giving up" on the boy. He barely talks, will not sit still, hits the other children, and he does not qualify for special ed. My daughters' teachers don't have the time to spend with this little boy.