tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post3566316297234525403..comments2024-03-07T03:40:54.443-05:00Comments on FLOTSAM: Put Down That Rattle And Tell Me About Van Der Waals Force, Sonkmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-73273060678054720372008-01-21T18:02:00.000-05:002008-01-21T18:02:00.000-05:00TR: I had a colleague by that name (MJ) Things wer...TR: I had a colleague by that name (MJ) Things weren't easy for him.kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-22125830151394359092008-01-21T16:42:00.000-05:002008-01-21T16:42:00.000-05:00yeah, modern kids are so tech savvy that they lear...yeah, modern kids are so tech savvy that they learn about wii willie winkie.<BR/><BR/>(michael jackson alert!!)Tabula Rasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358094860426062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-2960314282051408732008-01-21T07:50:00.000-05:002008-01-21T07:50:00.000-05:00??!: if by "modern tech-savvy" you mean familiarit...??!: if by "modern tech-savvy" you mean familiarity with Wii and PS3, I completely agree with you :)kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-44352706993044562662008-01-21T05:55:00.000-05:002008-01-21T05:55:00.000-05:00well...modern-tech savvy. But I see your point. An...well...modern-tech savvy. But I see your point. And SB's.??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-76472541520999273552008-01-20T22:28:00.000-05:002008-01-20T22:28:00.000-05:00sb: K would have proud of ya :) ??!: I meant most ...sb: K would have proud of ya :) <BR/><BR/>??!: I meant most of this in jest, of course. NOT. And techno-savvy? you really think so?kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-43014577850249400942008-01-20T12:48:00.001-05:002008-01-20T12:48:00.001-05:00yeah, we're going to do simultaneous typing of com...yeah, we're going to do simultaneous typing of comments - I can see that.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-57376702850401019082008-01-20T12:48:00.000-05:002008-01-20T12:48:00.000-05:00??!: I'm sure a large number of people who were ma...??!: I'm sure a large number of people who were made to do science until class 10 don't know where the carotid artery is. And I frequently use all my fingers (and the joints) to do math.<BR/><BR/>*K Alert* <BR/><BR/>I don't think any of this constitutes real intelligence.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, though, I think that is precisely the point: that most proud parents confuse an ability to do tech with intelligence. I know one young mother who told me that she was all for plonking her son in front of the TV because it was good for him. "How?" I asked, incredulous. She claimed it helped him multi-task. "He can watch something and eat at the same time, and if I ask him to put the glass down on that table, he can hear me and understand."<BR/><BR/>:DSpace Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-67925006193402578082008-01-20T12:42:00.000-05:002008-01-20T12:42:00.000-05:00heh...sb and I must have been simultaneously typin...heh...sb and I must have been simultaneously typing that. So wunnerful.??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-34358804065546452802008-01-20T12:34:00.000-05:002008-01-20T12:34:00.000-05:00From the title, I was expecting more about what no...From the title, I was expecting more about what now seems to be as the fundamental flaw in these conversations.<BR/><BR/>If anything, the current generation is arguably more techno-savvy, just not necessarily more intelligent. Or even knowledgeable, on a broader level that is. I mean, in the ICSE, I believe you can now opt to drop science from the 8th std onwards in favour of EVS (or so it was being planned). So a whole bunch of them will grow up not knowing where their carotid artery is. Or Lenz's laws. Or logs. <BR/><BR/>Stupid gits.??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-4992751108293012032008-01-20T12:33:00.000-05:002008-01-20T12:33:00.000-05:00Oh but they are! My son said just yesterday,oops! ...Oh but they <I>are</I>! <I>My son</I> said just yesterday,<BR/><BR/>oops! Wrong persona.<BR/><BR/>And all that C-insertnumberhere thingy got me worried about which generation I was from until I read back a little and found the 8-track and the Cassette generation line.<BR/><BR/>Phew.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.com