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by ShadowBanThis01 1085 days ago
I do not believe that anyone, even a young child, can't "learn to use" a touchscreen device during the many hours of the day that he or she is not in school.

And I do think that children should be taught to use online resources wisely, almost certainly as part of a course on critical thinking.

To answer your question, NONE of my classmates did. It would be weird to lug your Apple II or Atari 800 to class with a monitor and extension cord! And our schools (USA) work the same way: Their quality is highly dependent on the neighborhood they're in.

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Why lug it to the school when the school could have them ready in classrooms, just as mine did?
"Have them ready" for what? The school had computers, in the computer lab.