Another OT threadjack - class of '85 here.........
I remember when we did a mock-up of the human body - nervous, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems.......all done up using a huge sheet of butcher paper with a human outline, and then we drew the nerves and blood vessels on the paper, and cutting out construction paper and colouring it for the different organs. Quite a fun project really.
We weren't allowed to use calculators in elementary school, unlike the ones now that parents have to literally buy a pocket computer for. I mean....why study when you can have a machine do it for you?
We were taught to THINK because we didn't have machines to do it for us all the time. I did take some computer languages in high school though - LOGO, Pascal, and Basic........on an Apple II with disc drives. We got games by buying computer magazines and inputting the programs we found in the back - seemed much more satisfying then, since you had to really work for it.
I have an article here that I received describing the times between now and back in the 80's too..........one of many I'm sure.
SQ
-going back to dreaming of simpler times
I remember when we did a mock-up of the human body - nervous, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems.......all done up using a huge sheet of butcher paper with a human outline, and then we drew the nerves and blood vessels on the paper, and cutting out construction paper and colouring it for the different organs. Quite a fun project really.
We weren't allowed to use calculators in elementary school, unlike the ones now that parents have to literally buy a pocket computer for. I mean....why study when you can have a machine do it for you?
We were taught to THINK because we didn't have machines to do it for us all the time. I did take some computer languages in high school though - LOGO, Pascal, and Basic........on an Apple II with disc drives. We got games by buying computer magazines and inputting the programs we found in the back - seemed much more satisfying then, since you had to really work for it.
I have an article here that I received describing the times between now and back in the 80's too..........one of many I'm sure.
SQ
-going back to dreaming of simpler times
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