School then vs school now. A question.

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Did you prefer school back in the old days? Or would you have liked to go school these days with all the advantages in technology. It would be easier to cheat.

I went to school in the 1960's and 70's and I prefer that to now because I never worried about being shot when I went to class. Definitely less stress for kids back then.
 

How would it be easier to cheat? šŸ¤”

I enjoyed my spot in time growing up and I believe that todayā€™s kids enjoy theirs.

I hope that todayā€™s kids donā€™t live in fear and dwell on all of the things that might happen anymore than we did.
 

Aunt Bea said:
How would it be easier to cheat? šŸ¤”

I enjoyed my spot in time growing up and I believe that todayā€™s kids enjoy theirs.

I hope that todayā€™s kids donā€™t live in fear and dwell on all of the things that might happen anymore than we did.
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There were no computers in classrooms and none at home. Technology, the internet, make it easy to cheat because no one memorizes. They copy what google says.
 
I also went to school in the 60ā€™s and 70ā€™s. I never worried about being shot in high school however there was a mass shooting at a high school in our town. I was supposed to go to that school but I refused to go to it. The student shot and killed a teacher and a student and injured 16 others before shooting himself. It was very out of the ordinary in Ontario Canada.
 
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A little different

Then =In my high school during the mid 1950's Teachers watched for students chewing gum.

Now = teachers hope metal detectors catch students with weapons.

Cheating = Looking at another [brighter] students answers when the teacher wasn't paying attention.

Cheating now = Hacking the school files for test questions.

Then = Heavy kids were made fun of. Not right but that was then.

Now = Heavy kids are more the norm so now thin are the different ones.
 
Another plus was that girls could bring Midol to school and take it when we needed it. One of my closest friends used to suffer terribly at this time and the pain would almost make her faint. I hear girls can't bring meds like Midol to school anymore. Maybe they use poison pill rings or lockets these days? In the old days schools were not ridiculous about things like this. :unsure:
 
Even though there is greater advantages with new technology I feel like kids experience technology and information overload: While access to technology and information can be beneficial, it can also lead to information overload and digital distractions, potentially causing stress. This includes not only at school. It blends in with their social media connections, which we now can be stressful also.
 
chic said:
Another plus was that girls could bring Midol to school and take it when we needed it. One of my closest friends used to suffer terribly at this time and the pain would almost make her faint. I hear girls can't bring meds like Midol to school anymore. Maybe they use poison pill rings or lockets these days? In the old days schools were not ridiculous about things like this. :unsure:
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If you bring in your Midol without making a fuss or telling anyone, just take it privately, like in a bathroom stall.
 
Pepper said:
School is better now, at least for my grandson in first grade in NYC. Reading! in Kindergarten!! No way did that happen back in the fifties when I was in kindergarten.
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I feel the same way as Pepper regarding school preparation for my grandkids.
I also went to school in the 60's and early 70's but my schools were overseas. My schools were only for girls and very strict. The education was very good and I believe I got a pretty solid general culture even that I was not an attentive or applied student. I only started to enjoy learning once I was an adult, unfortunately.
My husband and I emphasize a lot on education with our daughter and she did well. I believe that parents or grandparents support is essential for the children success.
My daughter is a teacher, my son in law is director of an education program for high schoolers. They are therefore both well placed to guide their children through the education system. They see all the changes, some good some bad.
Without getting too political here, our Governor (a teacher himself when younger) made a lot of changes in our school system. I am not in favor of these changes.
 
I would take the old days for the primary grades. Less distractions, and when there were, they were quickly made to stand in a corner. My elementary teachers, except for one, were all older, no-nonsense types and taught me both my needed subjects and how to be respectful. If any kid said the n-word, any of my teachers were quick to correct. My third grade teacher really poured on the math homework and because of it, I went from being frustrated with it to eventually getting a Masterā€™s Degree in math.

My one younger teacher was emotionally abusive to myself and others. And despite her teaching on civil rights she would make ethnic jokes in class.
 
I asked my g-kids about how they're doing in school and if they like it. They're both in high-school this year. Kirk's in his 3rd year and Ariel's a freshman.

They both said they're "not really learning much." Ariel said that last year, her 8th-grade class spent 2 hours a day learning about gender and gender-discrimination. She hated it. She said she hopes she doesn't have to sit through any more of that in high-school. We'll see.

Kirk wishes high-school offered more science classes. I wish they did, too.

His main interest is cosmology and space exploration. So far, there's been none of that at Kirk's high-school. He said they only have basic biology and human anatomy. No other science classes. :oops:
 

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