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i'm confused by your reply, sorry. what part of my comment are you referring to?

if this is a response to "world is moving fast", i didn't mean "arithmetic is moving fast". i meant technology, the economy, geopolitics, etc. which inevitably changes the learning environment, the home environment, motivation, etc.

"which inevitably changes the learning environment"

This, right here, is the most commonly repeated trope in "tech" circles whenever the topic of education comes up. It's infrequently questioned at all, much less challenged outright, despite there being literally no foundational shifts in any of the individual curricula that a basic education is constructed from. So from an academic standpoint the world isn't actually moving much at all. It's this rhetoric that has lead the charge for tech infiltrating the classroom, a shift which has produced measurably poorer educational outcomes.

This, right here, is the most commonly repeated trope in "tech" circles whenever the topic of education comes up.

just for context, i am a teacher. i am speaking from my experience, not repeating a trope.

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