The article, "The Computer Delusion," expresses some strong opinions about the campaign to computerize our nation's schools. The author, Todd Oppenheimer, is vehemently opposed to the seemingly disproportionate role computers and computer learning has taken in the classroom and curriculum. As an elementary school educator, and fairly recent public school graduate, I was able to compare my computer experiences as a student and as a teacher to the opinions expressed in the article. Although I agree with several parts of this article, I believe that other parts of it are exaggerated and extremist. I have never before considered the positive/negative impact that computers made in the classroom. I took for granted the five main arguments that Oppenheimer says "underlie the campaign to computerize...nations schools especially that computer literacy should be taught as early as possible, otherwise students will be left behind. However, after reading the article, I strongly agree that elementary students need hands-on learning and direct reading instruction more than computer literacy. I was appalled at the description of the bilingual special education class in the computer lab. I agree that children need a broad base of skills more than computer literacy, and that the former should always be put first. Secondly, I agree that technology is often used as a band-aid of sorts for low performing schools. At one of the schools where I work, the entire school is being wired for the Internet while the library contains out of date books and encyclopedias. Oppenheimer refers to this phenomenon when he talks about How a California task force, comprised of teachers, parents, technology experts, and business executives, chose to spend 11 billion on computers and concluded that they offered the most hope to public schools. A part of the article that I disagreed with was the comparison of computers in the classroom to television and radio when they