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Anything that makes a classroom more like the workplace of the future is a win.

I think we have a much higher probability of humans assembling robots in an office environment than needing to use a book or to know cursive.

Not that we have a high probability that humans will build robots in an office.

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The role of School should be to grow kids into smart and empathetic grown ups that understand how the world works and can find their place in it.

It's not just there to prepare people for the cubicle.

I don't think a classroom should resemble a workplace, much less a workplace of the future as we currently imagine it.

Thank you for putting my thoughts into words. The comment you replied to is an incredibly depressing way to look at life.

I agree. In my personal opinion, these robots will help the students learn more and pay more attention, but preparing them for the cubicle is just... idk. I mean, in case of high school students or grade schoolers, we don't know where they will end up in. If you prepare them for the office now, they might just get bored when they finally enter the world of (un)employment. Plus, if you do a workplace setting, chances are you'd see students sleeping in their own cubicle during class.

Pretty sure books are going to be around for a while.

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