Posted by Determined on June 20, 2018 at 07:31:31 from (216.130.212.201):
After reading Texasmark1 comment on the next generation post I felt it fitting to post this to show there is still hope for the next generation.
quote="CVPost-Texasmark1"](quoted from post at 06:42:38 06/20/18) How about you hand $21.57 to a FF cashier for a $6.57 tab......the blank looks......Oh I forgot, the computer in the register does the thinking for the correct change.[/quote]
Not all of the current generation is like that but I have encountered many like you described.
Although they hated us for it for a little while we never let our kids use calculators when they were in school.
After a while they got so good at doing math in their heads they could come up with the right answer faster than classmates could enter the numbers into a calculator.
Both of them graduated with honors with distinction and the younger one that graduated last year has been asked to be in attendance at this years graduation ceremonies next week as he will be presented with the Governor General award for academics. (highest marks out of all the students for grade 11+12)
The award is always presented the year following graduation as the final marks are not in prior to the ceremonies being held.
Too many gadgets out there that seem to extinguish a lot of peoples desire to develop the ability to think for themselves.
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