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[quote=Anonymous]I understand the sentiment, but I also think that in HS, there's a flip side. You want you kid to be extremely comfortable with technology - for everything - because if they are not, they will struggle to keep up with their peers in HS on many things. Even if you find a MS/HS that uses technology only in the computer lab, then when they hit college, your kid will be at an even bigger deficit. Forget the workforce. My firm's operating model is zero paper. Young professionals need to be extremely quick with technology, because if they are not, they will not last long.

I'm not advocating all-screens, all-the-time, but a balance truly is better than that. In our kid's HS, they still read paper books, write essays and tests by hand (thanks, AI), and fortunately require kids to use paper in subjects like math and physics where writing down how you got the solution is critical to learning. But a lot of tasks and processes are computer-based, and it's better that way because that's real life and it's more efficient.

I used to think the same way about AI. Now, having seen it at work and realizing that if you do not know how to use AI effectively, regardless of what you think of it, you will be roadkill in this economy. There is a time and place for it in HS education, and I'm glad that our kid's HS is incorporating it, hopefully prudently, into the curriculum, because that is real life, too. [/quote]

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