Worth Reading

A Sign of the Times

What's the Matter with Students These Days?

"Students today can't prepare bark to calculate their own problems. They
depend upon their slates, which are more expensive. What will they do when
the slate is dropped and it breaks? They will be unable to write."?

Teachers Conference, 1703

"Students depend upon paper too much. They don't know how to write on a
slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. They can't clean a
slate properly. What will they do when they run out of paper?"

Principal's Association, 1815

"Students today depend too much on ink. They don't know how to use a
penknife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil."?

National Association of Teachers, 1907

"Students today depend on store-bought ink. They don't know how to make
their own. When they run out of ink, they will be unable to write words or
ciphers until their next trip to the settlement. This is a sad commentary on
modern education."?

"The Rural American Teacher," 1929

"Students depend today on these expensive fountain pens. They can no longer
write with a straight pen and nib (not to mention sharpening their own
quills). We parents must not allow them to wallow in such luxury to the
detriment of learning how to cope in the real business world, which is not
so extravagant."?

"PTA Gazette," 1941

"Ballpoint pens will be the ruination of education in our country. Students
use these devices and then throw them away! The American virtues of thrift
and frugality are being discarded. Businesses and banks will never allow
such luxuries."?

Federal Teachers, 1950

"Students today depend too much on word processing. They have lost the art
of true penmanship. What will they do when they don't have a computer and
have to write something out longhand? No one will be able to read it."?

Teachers Conference, 2004

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