RE: China bans gaming, will we see a Decentralised Gaming Boom?
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Parent:Turn off the game kid
Kid:But I'm bored can we do something?
Parent:Hang on Jessica a person on the internet is wrong and I need to tell them I'm offended
:D LOL - good one.
Right, parents try to teach their children what seems appropriate to them and how they themselves have been brought up. Where it gets difficult is when they themselves live in a world that requires the use of modern media and the use of the computer was something that the parents had decided to learn or even for professional reasons, but only half agreed with it or changed their mind over the years, just not their profession. There is this dilemma with many parents that although they set an example and therefore need not be surprised that the children follow suit, in reality they wanted something else for themselves, just did not have the courage or the opportunity to change their mind. Insofar as the lifestyle of parents stems from necessity rather than passion, there is a conflict.
The (often unconscious) question parents ask themselves is: Will my child be able to use the skills he or she is learning now in the future? Which skills will possibly fall by the wayside in favour of what the children are learning now, and can I help prepare them so that they see several alternatives?
I had an experience at a parents' evening at my son's school where many parents complained about their children's poor spelling. This made me impatient and I asked: "But how many of you still write by hand, except maybe the shopping list? If we as parents don't do it, why should the children?"
My son is a computer kid and plays all day. He seems to be good at it, as far as I can tell. It's not what I had imagined, but I accept that this is the current world he lives in. Of course, we know that depending on the internet as the only source of income has its downsides. We look at this shadow with concern. So we can only hope that as parents we have done our best to convey other possibilities and points of view.
Moreover, one's own children are also educated and shaped by the rest of the world anyway. The values of one's own parents may be the most formative, but I wouldn't necessarily place a bet on it.
Wherever the state wants to govern into families, my resistance arises. It is not up to the government how I should raise my child or how many children I bring into the world.
Bingo! So many people I talk to bang on about literacy and numeracy but fail at it too. We have computers that spell and count for us. Still need to learn the basics but it is a dieing industry with automation taking over literacy and numeracy roles.
So what future will a kid that can write a 100 point essay have when a computer can do it better and faster than them?
I would not exclude one for the other. I, for example, use deepl.com for translation. Now, in the course of more than two years, I less and less need the translation program, for I have gained skills, writing in English. It became a habit to use this language. Firstly, because I like English, second, because it was the first foreign language I was taught in school.
You mostly aren't aware of your own spelling mistakes when you are not a native speaker. Yes, it's still of value to use a correct form of grammar, so that others have the chance to understand you. Using deepl. without the very basic skills I already had, I would have no chance to control whether the translation was according to what I wanted to express in particular. It takes the human mind to have the last check. I would be also bored in not having to do this, for if I could leave it all to the machine, I would deprive myself from learning and spontaneity.
Yes, an essay can be written with a program, but the genius still happens to form itself in the human spirit. Where would be otherwise the fun in doing so?
It's always an act of balancing not to overestimate the technological possibilities and not to condemn them as evil. One may wish for salvation - get rid of all "efforts" - through machine-age imaginations, but I think that's not really thought through in a philosophical kind of way. Because the interesting question is "what means effort for you?", that is being answered very differently from human to human.