Education 2015

Kids Can't Play Any More

There was growing concern from the children of the world today as once again the Virtual Playground temporarily went off-line. With children spending less and less time playing, in the traditional sense of the word, many fear that loss of access to the Virtual Playground coupled with the loss of traditional playing skills could cause mental problems in today's young

Parent
Computers are antisocial - my kids spend hours alone in their rooms.

Parent
Why don't children play the good old fashioned playground games any more? Whatever happened to marbles and skipping ropes?

Teacher
By the year 2015 laptop computers will be far more powerful than anything we've ever seen. They'll even be available off cornflake packets. So access won't be a problem.

Parent
Five years ago I was struggling to afford a laptop, now I've got three and my daughter's got one as well.

Student
I've got a friend - it's on the Net.

Parent
My kids hang around on street corners all day. I've got to get them out from under my feet.

Parent
My kids are always going on about their friends on the Net.