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Computer Science 9w
Do you think most of Gen Z and younger actually know basic computer skills anymore?
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Anonymous 9w

I’m Gen Z and I was taught basic computer knowledge throughout my entire schooling

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Anonymous 9w

My mom works in at a middle school, most kids don’t know how to get to the downloads folder or even know what a folder is. There were simply never taught it before

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Anonymous 9w

I work in IT for my university… no.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 9w

Arguably they’ve made it horribly difficult to navigate on iPad’s. Desktop’s it’s right there.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 9w

it’s not about being taught. they never explored their own technology before. they’ve never taken the time to learn the device they’re using because they’re only seeking a dopamine hit

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 9w

when i was in highschool, people were mad at the teacher because they felt like they should get deadline extensions for not knowing how to convert to a pdf. even if they didn’t know, they could just look it up… :/

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