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Scoble mentions that the public school near him doesn't have a computer lab. That's not the issue he makes it out to be. You want to be scared by what goes on in schools? Go quiz 3rd and 4th graders on their times tables, and see how many of them don't know them. Then look into whether your school allows kids to use calculators. My advice - don't worry about the computers - they aren't that relevant. Whether the math teachers actually impart knowledge, on the other hand, is critical. We've had to do all the drilling on basic math facts ourselves, because the schools don't.
Another way to realize this - go to a local shop where there are high school age kids around. Se how well they deal with math when the registers fail. Then ask yourself how relevant computers in the classroom are
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