How things have changed.

In the 1960s I worked as a researcher analysing inpatient statistics. I was told when I started that there were two computers I could usd. The university had a computer and the regional hospital board also had a computer. I used the hospital board computer, writing my programs in Fortran, having them transferred to punched cards, then inputing them usually at four o'clock in the morning.

I also helped to teach statistics to medical students. Lesson one was how to use the Facit mechanical calculatot.

I used to drive round a very rural county with a BBC computer and printer in the boot and lug it out off the boot into schools to show them how it worked.
Some teachers were very reluctant. ?

Our daughter went to university 27 years ago with her own Apple Mac. We bought our first BBC micro in 1982 and then a Mac in about '85. I became an Advisory Teacher for IT in schools in 1988.
It feels like a very long time ago. ?

We weren't allowed calculators - I can't use one to this day. I skipped a generation I suppose, because I prefer to set everything out in an Excel spreadsheet and let that do the work.

We've got grandchildren (6,4), I do the school run in the P.M and bring them to our house for their evening meal.

They go straight to OH office and annoy Alexa,
Elder one said "Alexa can you fart", it appears that all of the class have strange things that they ask.

Students have a huge range of reading on offer to download very reasonably. They are spoilt for choice, really. The kindle helps store masses of literature in a neat place, I agree how useful they are.
I recommend this read if you know any freshers. It may keep them on the straight and narrow.
www.amazon.co.uk/What-If-Go-Polly-White/dp/1625265255/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505471825&sr=1-1&keywords=what+if+i+Go&tag=gransnetforum-21

I can read a book on my Kindle because I can be curled up in bed and be very comfortable. Also, I have problems with my eyesight so I can easily sort out a larger font size for whatever I am reading on the Kindle but I am stuck with whatever font size a book is printed in.

It's sad, but today students forget about library. No books, just tables, cell phones and PCs together with hazardous social networks. I fully agree with Deedaa, I cannot read books on a screen either.

My DH still has his slide rule and log tables.
Can't remember how to work it though!

I can cope with the writing but I can't read long tracts on a screen, I'm much happier with words on paper.

I spent years working with log tables and now I've completely forgotten how it all worked.

iPad mini?.

I, for one, still can't think into a computer screen. I have to write longhand first.

Even 26 years ago, in DS's last year at Uni, he had to spend long nights in the computer lab in order to get his dissertation finished. Now his two sons (8 and 11) have their own i-Pad minis.

Oh yes. Left me behind. .

You're correct Deedaa parallel universe!

When we were at school it was a slide rule and log tables.