As I'm studying for my finals, and working on my papers I started thinking about our discussion of online classes and power points. My roommate is studying for his psych test with the power points the teacher posted on line. He has attended only a quarter of the classes, because the power points are posted and there is no need to go to class if he could just read them in his room. I mentioned this point during our conversation that technology has hurt the education system. With the use of power points i truly believe class attendance decreases. The class I TAed for this semester had about 100 students in it, and since he put all the power points up he had an attendance policy of about 50 people. It seems that students really do not think its worth to go to hear a teacher read off the power point. Maybe we have to evaluate the use of power point, and maybe, just maybe.... the chalkboard is better.