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Re:Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return... by nathan_compton on Thursday May 28, 2026 @11:35AM (#48310493)
I friend of mine once made an observation that really stuck with me: a kindle is not a book: it is simultaneously all books at once. If you lock it to a single book, its still all books at once, but with a lock on all the others. Also, why not use paper?
Re:Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return... by layer8 on Thursday May 28, 2026 @11:43AM (#48310613)
I’m not an advocate of using tablets in class, I was just curious where the parent is seeing unavoidable distractions, compared to traditional tools like for example textbooks and calculators.