Question 32 Answer: True

It is inevitable that teachers will be replaced by technology, it is already beginning. The bureaucracy can force teachers to follow curriculum, but cannot completely stop them from caring about their students and occasionally deviating from the program. The future is about removing what little "pulpit power" the teacher has left and turning them into factory workers.

Computerized learning has the advantage of eliminating the human factor, as well as any potential deviations from the proscribed curriculum. It also allows them to data-mine and personality profile the students as never before. The "free" technology given to students will monitor their activities 24/7, not just surveilling their words and movements but also heart rate, health, and brain function. "Career-track" programs are already in place that "test-score" children into predetermined careers in the corporate megastate. The Computer will be their god, if it isn't already.

Once the computers are fully in charge of teaching the curriculum, they will soon be in charge of discipline and every other aspect of teaching. There will still be a few living "teachers" on hand to herd the children, but they will answer to the faceless authority just as their students do.