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On a recent ADD fuelled multiple tabbed browsing operation into the depths of the WWW, I found a man who has been conducting experiments with underprivileged children across different regions of India. His project has explored how children, totally unfamiliar with the English language, and even basic technology such as the television, could, in the space of a few months teach themselves the basics of computer operation, web browsing and in the process, basic English. Not only did they teach themselves, they also made sure that the other kids around them learnt as much as they did. Two main things to learn from this:
1. Are kids today ‘genetically coded’ to pick up technology, the likes of which would have taken our generation years to ‘learn’, even with assistance? In other words, are they a more intelligent species?
2. Will we, then, in the future, need teachers at all?
