BRIGHTER KIDS?

No, I don't think so. I was a teacher until nine years ago. I witnessed the advent of the internet and all the e-gadgets. They don't make anyone brighter. I really doubt that. They facilitate learning processes. But a dumb pupil will stay dumb even though he or she has loads of technical knick-knack. An intelligent pupil will use the technical thingies wisely and move forward with their help. Think of all the inventors of the time of the Renaissance. No internet or advanced technical help then. And yet, what great minds and what great discoveries!

I am glad that we did not have internet. I feel it would have been a terrible distraction for me. Did okay in the the 8 yrs of elementary school. Got decent grades and enjoyed learning through books.

I don't think that kids are brighter now. It is just that they have better tools to use.

I was a great student, but the internet would have saved me countless hours running back and forth to the library.

I think the internet spoils children, most lack imagination. Why? we had to think, stop and think about things. Now no one thinks, its copy and paste. I did good in school, I was often bored unless it was math or science.

I also encountered so much difficulty when I was a pupil/student. We have to walk far, do not have school allowance for food, have to borrow books, etc. but we achieved good grades in school.

I'm not sure. I feel I may have found too many distractions! If I have an interesting book, I can go off on several tangents. It may have been difficult for me to focus if I'd had so much more information at my fingertips!

I was every teachers nightmare. The bright child who could study anything she wanted, but who really was bored by School. Think I have benefited a lot from the Internet because I really do like to study on my own better than in a classroom situation. It amazes me now that I did an entire dissertation by hand and got it bound. I do however think that we have lost something because the Internet makes it so easy. Most children don't seem to have to know how to pick up a book anymore or use a dictionary. My own two hated school as well and they just had the Beginnings of the Internet. My son would usually be called upon by the nursery teacher Didn't Start the computer! I think if anything it's not so much about school for all of us as the fact that we really like learning on our own and the Internet is fantastic for that.

Yes,not sure if this going to a sorry state of mind for these kids.' We had to learn the hard way.I had not problem in reading or spelling, Geography and history I like.But not too well in the math field. Science I was not interest in it.Penmanship I like.

I'm glad that I grew up without the internet.

Thanks Heavens that internet was made when i am already pass the day care, had enjoyed learning and have fun, and learn more with patience :)

i had books; we had libraries.

Most of my research was online since I was born in 1990 but our elementary librarian made sure I knew how to use books to research as well

I would have got pretty far in the academic world if the internet was available at my time. I still remember searching for books to read more about the world, about this or that historical figures, this or that artist, or wishful if I could listen to this or that piece of music... (Then again, if I had devoted myself too much to knowledge, my brain would have burst long time ago? )

I have been through two wars during our schooling years..so you can imagine how tough it must have been along with of course power outages, water shortages. In the hostel, we had to carry water up EVERYDAY in some months for our usage. So we carried for usage after school, and the next morning for brushing and toilet, and for our bath. Luckily clothes were not washed by us except undergarments. They were washed for us by the washer women, so all was good.

I didn't have access to the internet during primary school, although it already existed. I was given books and computer programs to learn, I learned more than what I was supposed to study. I think it was a little better because we had to search for the info ourselves, and we didn't have as much data as we do today with the internet. It was easier to focus and master the content we could find. Later the internet didn't have any impact on my performance, except distracting me. The attention span was a little better before the internet, we cherished the little we had.

I also remember having to do research book by book at the library and I think the internet does make research easier and quicker, but I think the pressures of today are different for students. Though it might have speeded up some projects to have the internet. :)

No I don't think so. still like going to the library and I am glad I was fortunate to learn the hard way