I am always struggling against forgetfulness, laziness, and gaps in my knowledge. I cannot take any part of my education for granted. But I know that I did just fine learning the tech skills later than many of my peers. I am considered a tech expert at my school. I have worked in the past as a low-level programmer and electronic publisher. All that stuff was relatively straightforward. Had I begun with it in school, I never would have learned the things that made it straightforward in the first place.

Reading the comments at Bridging Differences, it dawned on me that this is a war that we (the core knowledge fans) may lose. The posts of those high-tech fundamentalists and well-meaning-but-underinformed lay people reminded me how few understand our arguments for making content paramount. It also reinforced my determination to speak out at my school –to do my small part to reveal the invidious effects of skills-mania.