tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post7828080500353670858..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: THE COMING OF THE COMPUTER AGE AND CHIPS Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-85249868158281120062015-04-19T10:32:27.723+08:002015-04-19T10:32:27.723+08:00What you have written is very true Yam and I agree...What you have written is very true Yam and I agree with it but as with all advances in technology there is a down side and I fear that people will eventually lose the ability to have a proper conversation. So much time is spent with their iPhones, iPads etc. and spelling has gone out the window for many,<br />I can't imagine people speaking phonetically but then they couldn't if they can't spell could they?<br />Oh dear, a lot of it is beyond this poor old soul! xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-75118768652048670282015-04-19T10:29:12.177+08:002015-04-19T10:29:12.177+08:00As I said to River, much modern technology has bro...As I said to River, much modern technology has brought with it a lot of good but there is always a downside to even the best discovery.<br />With me it's the wish to speak to a human being when I make a phone call instead of a machine. I dream back to the days when there were telephonists who answered calls and were super efficient. Those jobs no longer exist, alongside office girls and office boys....jobs for young people aplenty back then.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-63520658206675962192015-04-19T10:26:59.294+08:002015-04-19T10:26:59.294+08:00I've never been happy with children using calc...I've never been happy with children using calculators when doing exams. What happened to mental arithmetic? I remember several years ago at Big W when the power went out. The check out girls were writing down the prices of the goods being purchased and adding up the figures. I added them up (backwards) and got the total before the firl did. I said that the total was correct and she looked amazed that I'd added it up before she had. We used to do that when the corner storekeeper or butcher did the same just to confirm his/her total was correct.<br />As far as language is concerned I doubt many of the young of today speak "the Queen's English" any more. <br />I know much good has come with modern technology but at times we oldies do wish for the good old days when the 3 R's were so important to our education.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-9096479577171357312015-04-19T10:22:39.326+08:002015-04-19T10:22:39.326+08:00I remember mum talking most seriously about the co...I remember mum talking most seriously about the coming of computers and how people really believed they would cost thousands of jobs. I've often thought computers make jobs as they seem to be always be going wrong and needing help (not Macs of course).<br />Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-45040465329003054782015-04-18T19:38:02.739+08:002015-04-18T19:38:02.739+08:00Hari OM
Having been a part of the 'revolution&...Hari OM<br />Having been a part of the 'revolution' (first career was as a software engineer), I still clearly recall all the bruhaha - it is such an interesting fact that at each of mankinds major leaps forward in technological terms, whilst much would be gained, there would also be 'loss' - and there were always the 'luddites' and 'saboteurs' who would decry and lament the progress and its perceived damage.<br /><br />In many ways, of course, they were/are correct; employment definitely has been affected and the skill sets associated with certain things have mutated. As always, those who thrive are those who have the greatest adaptability.<br /><br />The schooling issue is a great worry the world over; I had not seen the report River mentions, but there was a bit of a flurry here in UK recently when it was suggested that English ought to be taught as spoken... sumthin laik dis an derfor no need to cunsurn bout gramma an stuff.... <br /><br />.............................8~}.............. YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-66266775701257094542015-04-18T17:22:54.639+08:002015-04-18T17:22:54.639+08:00Your Mum was so right in so many ways...technology...Your Mum was so right in so many ways...technology has killed off a lot of brain cells yet encouraged growth in others....:)JPjp@A Green Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217268829093983376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-43944357582311503062015-04-18T16:42:36.048+08:002015-04-18T16:42:36.048+08:00Like EC said, your mum was ahead of her time.
I re...Like EC said, your mum was ahead of her time.<br />I remember being dismayed when my oldest started high school and a scientific calculator was listed in the essential equipment list. We had to pay $20 for one and then again two years later when child #2 started at high school. <br />Now with all the technological equipment available in and out of school, we have a whole generation of kids who can't add up or spell. Even hand writing seems to be in danger, with many kids typing on computers instead. In Norway I've heard writing will soon no longer be taught as all children use computers to 'write' their papers. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-5375153684011694722015-04-18T15:32:06.423+08:002015-04-18T15:32:06.423+08:00And yet again, she was ahead of her time...And yet again, she was ahead of her time...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com