Schools nor the teachers who populate them, are the culprit. It is our culture's failure to cope with the ever increasing flood of information and a growing need for instant gratification that technology is shoving down our throats.
A.D.D. is the rule, not the exception. She cites, and shoots down, an author who has a positive view of this, very real, situation.
I would like to think that we will be able to adapt, evolve, integrate these incredible technologies into our lives and use them to better ourselves, our culture, our society. But, I don't think that is the case...yet.
In my opinion, at the root of the solution, or counter measure if you will, is effective parenting. Now whether or not the parent is intelligent enough, has time enough, or is driven enough to make this happen, well...that is in flux.
Both my parents worked so they helped me fill my time away from home with productive, healthy and effective activities.
Aside from my regular school day and after-school sports I was also a part of an organization called
Odyssey of the Mind. It is this kind of thing that makes kid's head tick.
Our children are not victims of a failed school system, pompous intellectual teachers or failed legislation, they are victims of lazy parents.
