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I remember when me and my brother were in school, my parents were getting calls from the teacher and principals a lot, because we were too advanced in comparison with the rest of the students. You figure that is a good thing, no? Well, they wanted us to not try so hard, since it "made the other children feel inferior". Is it a problem that kids are already writing cursive in kindergarten, or reading at a 6th grade level when in the first grade?
As far as using technology in the classroom, I'm currently a college student, and I regularly use a PDA or laptop to write my classnotes on, and use ebooks instead of paper classbooks (my school offers them, so why not? easier to search through, and less money). I do so partially because I suffered permanent injuries to the hand which I write with, and cannot write well with my other hand. While I can write somewhat legibly, I cannot do so for extended periods of time before I lose feeling and control in my right arm. I've had issues with teachers before, because I use the electronic devices in class before. They yell at me for goofing off, "texting", etc. I have to go up and show them that I am just taking notes, and how detailed my notes are. Mind you I always clear this with the teachers at the start of each semester anyway. Most teachers now, are technologically ignorant by the large, even younger ones.
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