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Originally Posted by memason

Personally, I'd like my Grandkids to understand the technology of today...It's not important that they learn what I learned in school. I lived [and grew up] in a different time.

In their lifetime, they will need to understand and use technology that I can only dream of today.

memason -
did you not benefit from the things taught to you by 'the older generation'?

will your grandchildren really understand the principles behind mathematics/science/etc and the interconnection of those principles; or will they just be able to read a digital clock and understand how it works to make a read-out? if they cannot think a problem through from start to finish, how will they design the next best engineering system or solve a mathematical concept or implement accurate gps updates?