I’ve theorized (and I’m sure I’m not the first one) that there is a narrow window of people who grew up in the late 90s and early 00s that are in the tech sweet spot in that if they used a lot of technology they had to learn how to troubleshoot it because it didn’t just work. Today things are so stable it’s reasonable to rarely need to learn how things work.

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My little brother has been glued to his tablet since he was 3. He goes to the same elementary school I used to go to, but they no longer use Windows desktop pc and instead they use Chromebooks. I remember learned how to use computers back in 4th and 5th grade, I learned how to use a browser, how to use a search engine, how to use a database, and how to use Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

also, the way tablets and other tech is being pushed on school children. i've subbed at elementary schools where literally everything is done on tablets. no books or anything to write in, just tablets or chrome books. and the kids, despite spending their entire school days in front of a screen, have about the same tech understanding as my 90+ year old great grandmother

It's that way at my district now, too. 

EDIT: I work at that district. Some federated liberals are downright desperate to vomit rage at Hexbears. 

I was briefly dating a guy who worked at a school being the IT guy and he just fixed network connections for the kids ipad's all day. And he said all the classes and work were done on ipads.