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"Parents 'left hamstrung' by school after it tells them to buy their children iPads"
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ringo_24601 wrote: »God knows how children were educated before the Internet, mobile phones and digital white boards..
They were educated for a different world. One that doesn't exist anymore.
If you want our children to be able to compete in the world workplace then you can't teach them Latin and how to write with a quill and ink.
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moomoomama27 wrote: »It's shocking isn't it! I work in a school and the amount of students who source info from wiki is unbelievable!
It's not just children - adults are just as bad.0 -
That's exactly what some are saying. And it flies in the face of reality. When these kids enter work, does anyone think they'll be sat looking up information in a text book? Or will they be online? Working primarily with all kinds of technology?
And actually, iPads aren't that expensive for what you're getting in situations like this. £315 for a 16GB iPad 3 compared to £400 plus for a laptop that doesn't have any of the benefits of an iPad. Benefits that parents have been banging on about wanting for years, but because Apple's introduced them, some aren't happy.
My five year old niece has an iPad and she's a whizz on it. She's the brightest in her class by far and spends an hour every evening 'playing' with it. The educational tools are second to none.
A woman I taught last year has a child with developmental delays and she had an iPad provided to her by a Government scheme. Her daughter is doing amazing. That 'useless whim' did more to help her than the so-called specialists had done since she was diagnosed.
The bolder saddens me, genuinely. When mine were 5, not all that long ago, they spent evening dressing up, playing dolls or with brio and having stories and arts and craft evenings! My children are 15, 9 and 7 years old and none have a tablet, laptop or computer of their own, they have access to them at home as we have all 3 and on occasion use them for educational purposes, but they get so much more joy out of using their imaginations, extra curricular clubs, sports, books! It's sad how technology in some households are overruling everything! FTR my children do very well at school, and not having these things to pick up as they choose hasn't hindered them one bit!0 -
Err.. Sorry, but I finished my GCSEs in 1996. I am from that 'past' world but only just.They were educated for a different world. One that doesn't exist anymore.
If you want our children to be able to compete in the world workplace then you can't teach them Latin and how to write with a quill and ink.
Latin would have proved most useful on my Genetics degree, but I went to a comprehensive and just about did Spanish.
I'm competing quite nicely in the workplace, thanks. On Monday I'll be at our office designing a half million quid hospital IT system using whiteboards and sticky labels. There will be no iPads in sight.
My little 3 year old also likes the ipad. It's a great toy.. But that's about it for the device.
Btw - learning your times tables at an early age helps stimulate your brain development. That's what most of school is about. Technological means reduce this by taking the human step out of the equation.0 -
moomoomama27 wrote: »The bolder saddens me, genuinely. When mine were 5, not all that long ago, they spent evening dressing up, playing dolls or with brio and having stories and arts and craft evenings! My children are 15, 9 and 7 years old and none have a tablet, laptop or computer of their own, they have access to them at home as we have all 3 and on occasion use them for educational purposes, but they get so much more joy out of using their imaginations, extra curricular clubs, sports, books! It's sad how technology in some households are overruling everything! FTR my children do very well at school, and not having these things to pick up as they choose hasn't hindered them one bit!
She does all of that too. It's not an either/or situation.0 -
Yes, in an affluent area everyone will clamour to be the poor parent.. There's a lot of social pressure.I have. I've also read the story where the head makes it crystal clear that no parent is expected to buy anything if they do not wish to/are unable to.
Did you bother to check the facts before commenting?;)
My sons nursery wants a grand a year extra to pay for 'additional needs'. It's not nice beng put under financial pressure from a school0 -
ringo_24601 wrote: »Yes, in an affluent area everyone will clamour to be the poor parent.. There's a lot of social pressure.
My sons nursery wants a grand a year extra to pay for 'additional needs'. It's not nice beng put under financial pressure from a school
None of that changes the fact that no parent is being forced to buy anything. The school has iPads for use by pupils.0 -
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ringo_24601 wrote: »And the budget for that is coming from...
Can't you find that information in one your textbooks?;)0
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