Role of education in Technopoly

This article submitted by on 3/6/97.

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I strongly believe that we should go to the basics when it comes to education. We can not always depend on technology, because the foundation of technology is not based on technology. If we let ourselves get overruled by computers then computers will run our lives. We have to be independent and THINK for a moment at least, and let our brain browse around up there. Yes, human being are smart and they made ways for other human beings to obtain an efficient lifestyle, BUT, this will not help the community individually. Let us take an example. I tutor math classes. For the good of the student,I will not just give that person the answer. The key here is that the student should know how to solve problems and learn to solve it independently. Yes calculators are great when you are in a hurry but should we stop learning addition and subtration?

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