To Editor B:
1. There is nothing new under the sun. Every older generation says that about the newer generation.
2. I’m a youngish professor. In fact I serve on a future technology committee to determine what technologies can and should be adopted to improve learning in the classroom. We have tons of studies that we are using to understand how and what we should be doing to assist the students.
3. As a professor who uses many forms of new technologies, I can tell you that there is nothing new or special in terms of learning from your generation. There have been no great leaps in brain evolution over the last 4 decades. You process information the exact same way as your grandparents, you just use nifty gizmos to make it prettier AND you have 10x the distractions.
To John:
It’s obvious you never learned what the purpose of college is. You apparently think it’s to learn a skill. It’s not. That is what trade school is for. College is there to learn and show that you are trainable. Everything you will need to know for your future job will likely be taught on the job. But they aren’t going to hire you unless you can prove that you are trainable.
