If a child is learning basic math, and uses a calculator for every single problem, are they actually learning how to add and subtract, or are they just learning how to recite the information that is provided to them when they push the right buttons?
Do you think that they’ll eventually understand how multiplication and division works, or do you think that after 20+ years of ONLY using a calculator that they’ll be as lost as a second grader without one?
You don’t get better at writing by letting something else do it for you. Sure, it might be easier, and it might write better than you do at this moment, but you’ll never get any better if you aren’t putting in the effort yourself and learning from your embarrassing efforts of the past.
If a child is learning basic math, and uses a calculator for every single problem, are they actually learning how to add and subtract, or are they just learning how to recite the information that is provided to them when they push the right buttons?
Do you think that they’ll eventually understand how multiplication and division works, or do you think that after 20+ years of ONLY using a calculator that they’ll be as lost as a second grader without one?
You don’t get better at writing by letting something else do it for you. Sure, it might be easier, and it might write better than you do at this moment, but you’ll never get any better if you aren’t putting in the effort yourself and learning from your embarrassing efforts of the past.