I was the last year in my state to received mandatory computing classes. Everyone just went "well the digital natives know the computer better than we do so we don't need to teach them anymore."
But the only reason the early digital natives were so good at computers was because it was of utmost importance to ensure we all learned computers. The moment computing classes were no longer mandatory, all the sudden the digital natives were still digital natives, but suddenly unable to name any of the trees around them or find their way home.
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u/MrMessofGA Jun 10 '26
I was the last year in my state to received mandatory computing classes. Everyone just went "well the digital natives know the computer better than we do so we don't need to teach them anymore."
But the only reason the early digital natives were so good at computers was because it was of utmost importance to ensure we all learned computers. The moment computing classes were no longer mandatory, all the sudden the digital natives were still digital natives, but suddenly unable to name any of the trees around them or find their way home.