Transcript AHS has 249 new computers this fall.

What If . . .
“Students today can’t prepare
bark to calculate their problems.
They depend on their slates,
which are more expensive.
What will they do when the slate
is dropped and it breaks?
They will be unable to write!”
Discourse at
Teacher’s Conference
1703
“Students today depend on
paper too much. They don’t
know how to write on a slate
without getting chalk dust all
over themselves. They can’t
even clean a slate properly.
What will they do when they
run out of paper?”
Discussion at
Principal’s Association
1815
“Students today depend too
much upon ink we can make.
They don’t know how to use a
pen knife to sharpen a pencil.
Pen and ink will never
replace the pencil.”
National Association
of Teachers
1907
“Students today depend upon
store bought ink. They don’t
know how to make their own.
When they run out of ink,
they will be unable to write words
or ciphers until their next trip
to the settlement. This is
a sad commentary
on modern education.”
The Rural American Teacher
1928
“Students today depend on these
expensive fountain pens.
They can no longer write with a
straight pen and nib.
We parents must not allow them to
wallow in such luxury to the
detriment of learning how to cope
in the real business world, which is
not so extravagant.”
PTA Gazette
1941
“Ballpoint pens will be the ruin of
education in our country.
Students use these devices and
then throw them away.
American values of thrift and
frugality are being discarded.
Business and banks will never
allow such expensive luxuries.”
Federal Teachers Meeting
1950
“You can’t use those calculators
on the test. If I let you do that,
you wouldn’t ever learn how
to use the tables in the back
of the book and use interpolation
to figure out your trig ratios.”
High School Math Teacher
1980
“We can’t let them use
calculators in middle school. If
we do, they’ll forget how to do
long division or how to multiply
three digit numbers by three digit
numbers. What will they do when
they don’t have access
to a calculator?”
Middle School Math Teacher
1989
“Why are you writing a grant
for a classroom set of graphing
calculators? We’ll never be
allowed to use them and – even
if we can – that’s only for one
class, and parents in other
classes will never buy them
for their students.”
High School Math Teacher
1993
“All this emphasis on Internet
in the classroom is a bunch
of bunk. Why would you ever
want the Internet for student
use? It’s just the latest fad –
Let them use the library.”
District Leader
1995
“We don’t need a school web page.
Who is ever going to look at it?
Our families in this district
can’t afford computers
and the Internet.”
Many, Many Educators
1999
“Teachers will never use email.”
District Technology
Committee Member
1999
“Why do you want network drops
at every teacher’s desk?
You’re not thinking about getting
a computer for ALL of them,
are you?”
Building Administrator
2000
“What can you do with an
LCD Projector that you can’t do
with an overhead projector?”
Social Studies Teacher
2003
“Why are we talking about
students having laptops
in high school?
Most parents won’t even give their
kids their old computer, much less
buy them a new one.”
Member of District
Technology Committee
2004
“I don’t think we need to have a
wireless network in our
schools anytime soon.”
District Technology Director
2004
(no joke!)
No, we will not allow high school
students to earn credits with
online classes. I don’t care
what other systems are doing.
We will never allow that here.”
Associate Superintendent
of a N.C. School System
2007
(Can you believe it???)
What If . . .
We had listened?
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