Children no longer need facts since they have a smartphone on hand. When they have class assignments they no longer have to go through the weird process of acquiring the facts needed. They can just look it up on their smartphone which is connected to the internet. The creative process of thinking of ways to find the information are no longer needed. They end up not learning core skills like memorization.
They have a worldwide "fact bank" at their finger tips. So the no longer need the one in their head. Which is terrible since their will be some situations were the smartphone will be of no help. They will have no sense of creativity since all the thinking will be done for them thanks to the smartphone. This will lead to a total dependance on the smartphone to do the thinking for them. That can not be allowed to happen.
To bring back the 50s way of teaching would be like taking a fish out of water and telling it to walk. The children so use to looking up information on the smartphone and telling them to look through a set of books instead will be difficult for them. But it will be necessary since that's what colleges and employers are looking for. People that can think for them selves and have independence.
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