[103674] in Cypherpunks
Re: EduFUD: Computers, software can harm emotional, social
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petro)
Thu Oct 1 16:35:46 1998
In-Reply-To: <v04011741b239749c38d9@[139.167.130.248]>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:13:51 -0500
To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
Reply-To: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
At 1:50 PM -0500 10/1/98, Robert Hettinga wrote:
If you (and others) are going to forward this kind of stuff, could
you least foucs long enough to make sure it is properly formatted?
It's a touch difficult to read.
>> Computers, software can harm emotional, social development
>>
>> By Barbara F. Meltz, Globe Staff, 10/01/98
>>
>> Short attention span. Needs instant gratification. Can't
>> focus. Doesn't apply
>> himself.
>>
>> If this is what you're hearing from your child's first-
>> or second-grade teacher,
>> before you panic and think learning disabilities or
>> attention deficit disorder,
>> consider something external: your family computer.
>>
>> Educators have long intuited that early exposure to
>> computers doesn't give
>> children an educational edge. Now researchers have data
>> to show it can
>> actually be harmful, potentially undercutting brain
>> development, interfering
--
petro@playboy.com----for work related issues. I don't speak for Playboy.
petro@bounty.org-----for everthing else. They wouldn't like that.
They REALLY
Economic speech IS political speech. wouldn't like that.
