Mr. Winkle Wakes

In Matthew Needleman's YouTube video, Mr. Winkle Wakes, an old Mr. Winkle wakes after a hundred years of sleeping to an excitingly fast paced new world. Mr. Winkle doesn't like the new world because it is filled with many things in which he does not understand. After roaming through a business center and a hospital, Mr. Winkle ends up at a school, where not much has changed. In Mr. Winkle's revelatory journey, an instructor stills stands before a class dropping the knowledge, and technology is used very little. I have two issues with Needleman's portrayal of modern education.
First of all, his depiction is inaccurate. Technology is becoming a huge part of the learning process. If the modern conveniences used in the workplace were not taught to young learners, then there would be no hope for them in the working world after school. Some classes there is no physical interaction at all. Online courses have steadily increased in attendance in the last few years. For him to say that classes have remained the same, is false.
Secondly, Needleman gives the impression that if you can't conform to the modern conveniences, that you can find comfort in the world. Part of the high unemployment rate in our country is due to laborers being replaced by machines, and not having the training of new software. Computer skills are a requirement for jobs these days and if Mr. Winkle can't suffer through learning all the new advances in technology, then he will have come to terms to the realization that he may not make it.