I am still hoping against hope that the article (linked in title) is wrong and that it's not a wholesale replacement, but knowing how things go, it is probably true that Monopoly is replacing cash with a credit card.
A few questions arise on considering this:
- Do they not care that they just lost the small educational value of learning to make change?
- How is the banker supposed to be able to cheat now by sliding bills under the board now and again?
- Can you go over your limit if you're willing to pay the interest fees?
- What do you use to cover the minimum balance?
- How does the reader know what prime + X% is (so as to accurately charge your interest)?
- Or is it really a debit card?
- In which case, why not stick with cash if you don't at least get the "benefits" of credit?
- Do you think there's a remote possibility that this will help kids learn to handle credit responsibly? (My thought: not so much, but I'm open to discussion.)
Sigh. (Belated props to both the Llamabutchers and the Bonny Glen for the news.)
that's crazy...
ReplyDeletethat's not fun at all...
i don't want to be "old-manish" about it but come on...the joy of games like monopoly is that they don't need batteries...and hum? i just don't know what to make of it.
--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com
I wondered for a tad if I just sounded like a cranky old woman when I posted it, but well...I'm ok with that if that's how it is. This is just ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteAnd what will kids use for money when they want to shoot some craps? ;-)
ReplyDeleteThis is just wrong on so many levels. Much as I like the convenience of plastic, there are way too many people addicted to the stuff and I'm not sure this is the direction we want to go with our kids. Just like digital clocks have made it difficult for kids to tell time, so too will this kind of stuff make it difficult to count and recognize the value of money.
You know, I was pondering this more last night and I also wondered - will the person who accepts the credit card transaction get charged a percentage by the bank? In which case it definitely pays to be the banker.
ReplyDeleteI will gladly be old-manish about this! Here goes...
ReplyDeleteNot only do people (particularly kids) not have to make change anymore, but... you get a much better sense of exactly what something is costing you when you have to shell out the bills.
Also I just bristle when we teach kids the attitude of "why do we need to do arithmetic ourselves if computers and calculators will do it for us?" I have a feeling we won't recognize the effects of such an attitude until it's beyond repair.
There, how was that? :-)
Well at least we don't have to worry about who the banker is going to be any more! :-P
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