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Education and the internet.

  • 23-06-2013 9:35pm
    #1
    Singularity 1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭


    Do you think young people have it easier nowadays when it comes to learning and homework? I mean if you don't know the answer to something there's always google. There was none of that in my day. Homework kind of seems pointless.

    Although my nephew does get some homework which is a lot different than what I did at his age. Then again, if I had as much internet access, (or more specifically... as much access to porn) when I was a teenager as I have now, I never would have gotten any work done.


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  • #2
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,592 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Just thinking the other day how much easier it must be but I suppose they are still learning,unless they are using language translaters of course.


  • #3
    caustic 1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭caustic 1


    Everyday a learning day for us all.


  • #4
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Teenagers still need something to jerk off to.

    Hoorah for internet education.


  • #5
    MissyFit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭MissyFit


    I've been using the Internet now for a good 8 years , but I really can't see any intellectual improvement on my part .

    Doh


  • #6
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    I've learned huge amounts since the internet came along - physics, aerodynamics, astronomy, rocket propulsion, aviation, aircraft design, music, cars, medicine... the list goes on. Anyone who spends their entire internet time looking at lolcats and Reddit is wasting their lives.


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  • #7
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    They are learning how and where to find the right answer, not necessarily what the right answer is. It's about teaching them skills.


  • #8
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    Mr Benevolent wrote: »
    I've learned huge amounts since the internet came along - physics, aerodynamics, astronomy, rocket propulsion, aviation, aircraft design, music, cars, medicine... the list goes on. Anyone who spends their entire internet time looking at lolcats and Reddit is wasting their lives.



    I've taken to using coursera.org. Free uni modules!! It's excellent .


  • #9
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    Singularity 1 wrote: »
    Then again, if I had as much internet access, (or more specifically... as much access to porn) when I was a teenager as I have now, I never would have gotten any work done.

    The key here is to have 2 monitors, on one, full screen porn, and on the other, more porn with a little tiny window down the bottom for wikipedia.


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