Bricks and Mortars vs. DE

I'm trying to analyze my educational experience from childhood to present day. In the past, and BTW I'm only 45, we were in brick and mortar schools with the old style desk and chair combos or with the standard chairs made of wood that hurt your butt. Learning was Teacher centered. Our learning came from books, paper and pencils, chalkboard examples and illustrations. If you missed a class, you had the beg the teach for the work or some type of extra credit. We played Dodge Ball and clean our rooms. We formed lines as we marched out to play and when we left for the day.

As an adult, I had to figure out what I wanted to take in school since no Teacher existed at that stage. There was a Guidance Counselor but who really used them after establishment of your initial road map? Today it's like "I have to go" because I want better pay or I want to become something in life. It has become task oriented instead of fun oriented.

However, with DE, adults have taken some of the boredom out of school. We are able to meet our educational goals on our schedule. The comfort of the Teaching holding our hands has disappeared somewhat but the trade off is FLEXIBILITY. The desk and chairs have been replaced with the Internet, computers and e-mail. We even use virtual blackboards that exist on computer servers somewhere in the universe.

I'm not sure if things have been made easier or did we complicate easier things?