What Do You Think These Kids Were Being Trained To Do?
A Cautious Note From History For Today’s Video-Gamers
- One phase of the aviation course offered to boys at Weequahic High School in Newark is shown in this photo from 1942. The student could actually orient the model plane by moving the stick. Courtesy of shorpy.com (Source: NJ.com)
[Update: 2/3/15 – this is exactly what I was driving at: see the documentary “Drones” ~~~ end update]
I love the Star Ledger’s “vintage photo” section – I’m old enough now when I can actually recall some of the history those photos depict.
Somehow, it is a lot easier to see things from the past that remain invisible today.
So I thought I’d post this one today for those who fail to see the role of “education” and technology in consciously shaping our kids.
Just like today’s military style video games, those kids back in 1942 were being trained to fly planes in war.
The lessons should be obvious.
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