Technology versus Tradition Today, technology is expanding rapidly and is used in many different fields. In the next past few years, students have been given the choice to study at home with technologies such as the computer and television. However, is it really possible for students to learn at home? Studying at traditional school is the best.

First of all, although students can get information from computer technology such as the Internet, the computer is still a machine, which lacks life and is incapable of solving every question. It also lacks the capablilities to know when a student may have learning disabilities. It cannot give special attention like a student could receive in a classroom. In fact, most children want more interesting answers, which can help them when they are studying mathematics. The program that is on the computer still depends on people that have designed it. So this shows sometimes using the computer to solve problems does not always teach with satisfaction. I have often used the computer for research and have not learned anything relevant to the subject I’m researching. The idea of using a computer to find a quick way to the answer is normally what todays society is first inclined to do instead of thinking your way through it and actually going to written research materials. Google is the number one research tool that all of my friends use. They use it for looking up recipes to trying to diagnose their own illnesses. Using a computer can be benifitial in many ways , such as having many different resources at your fingertips but another con to this is how many of these resources are actually factual and not just opionions. But my oldest son is home schooled using the resource k-12 and it is very helpful for him. He dealt with a lot of bullying at school and now he can just do his work and not be distracted by everything going on around him. As long as students can find the proper resources and programs needed an online school can be wonderful.

Second, studying at traditional schools may improve students’ ability to communicate and socialize with their peers. It also allows them to learn how to follow directions well and how to work well with others. The best way to learn is not only through listening, speaking, reading and writing, but also through working with others . This helps with socialization skills as well as being able to divide work up and complete it such as you would in the job world. A traditional school also allows teachers to give feedback relevant to their work and allows them to adjust it as needed. A computer cannot give encouragement and explain where you could be going wrong while solving problems. Furthermore, computers can’t teach how to eanuciate words for students who are studying foreign language. It can help you learn how to write these and how to conjugate verbs in these languages but it can’t tell you if you’re pronounce these words correctly.And with foreign languages that could be the difference in a compliment or a insult in many languages. Traditional school is really a good fit for many students, especially those who need extra attention and those who benefit from one on one attention.

Third, suppose computers were in all classrooms and no teachers, this could cause a lot of problems. One is many people would be out of a job, and with unemployment rates today how would they adjust?Yes one computer program could teach millions of students but , what would happen if some of the students were misbehaving or not paying attention, a computer is not going to be able to reprimand and discipline those who may need it. And a computer won’t be able to praise a student who has been working harder than another. In school teachers give little rewards like gold stickers when a student accomplishes something they have been learning, this teaches kids that following directions can lead to being recognized for being good. Giving kids that boost