Students today can jump on the internet for research and turn on the T. V. for an instant news update. Generations in the past have not had the same advantages. Many students take advantage of technology which they feel will give them a leg up with their assignments. Teachers can also remember when things weren't as easy. Calculators were rare and expensive.
Students now are calculator dependent and don t remember how to do long division.
Retired science teacher Henry Becker remembers when he was in school learning chemistry he had to use a slide ruler.