Technology

When hand held calculators were made available to all students many stopped learning their multiplication tables. This was not that alarming as many thought that by repeated use of the calculator the tables would be learned. In my experience that has not happened. It is not unusual to see high school students using a calculator to add single digit numbers. The calculators have advanced to the place where they can graph equations and solve calculus problems. Technology has now moved on from math to writing. The computer program ChatGPT can now write essays better than students. Will we reach the point where going to school is no longer necessary. Just carry your smart phone with you and let it do the problems and write the essays. Will the three R's be reduced to reading?