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Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by bee_rider on Monday October 23, 2023 @10:43AM (#37986355)
If schools aren’t even teaching basic things like arithmetic and literacy, then what are they? Just a place to park kids while their parents work? In that case, might as well also do some programming classes, right? If the other option is learning nothing.

I mean, if you want to totally revamp the education system, I’m here for it, but I guess that seems like a bigger project to me.

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Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by eru on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @03:01AM (#37995614)
Bryan Caplan's Case Against Education might be a good place to start, if you want to have a broader discussion about the education system.

And yes, baby sitting is a big part of the package that schools do provide in practice.

> In that case, might as well also do some programming classes, right?

I don't think programming classes would do any more damage than the current curriculum.

> If the other option is learning nothing.

Well, giving the kids free time or more physical activity might also be useful?

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