Olivia Burke
If you needed something to help you decide which side of the 'iPad kid' debate you sit on, then this student's shocking admission might just be the push you need to realise we sometimes really do rely on technology a bit too much.
It seems that those of us who were born before having a smartphone in primary school was considered 'normal' are on a completely different page to the next generation who grew up glued to gadgets.
In the good old days, you would be sat in a classroom physically putting pen to paper - albeit doodling or drawing that 'universal S', but with real stationary all the same.
Writing revision cards, drawing mind maps and tearing a page out of your workbook if you wrote the date wrong - ah, take me back.
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Unfortunately, that rite of passage seems to be no more, if this student's confession is anything to go by.
Trisha, who is currently in school studying Chemical Engineering, regularly shares advice on social media about how pupils can swot up for their exams.
But she takes a much different approach than someone born before the year 2000 would have - as these school kids have had technology at their fingertips while attending their classes.
A lot of students, including Trisha, use devices such as iPads to help them study, while she even has an Apple Pencil to make things even easier for her.
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According to the tech giant, you won't even know you're using this tool as it 'feels as natural and responsive as using a pencil on paper' - but the only problem is, a lot of those in the education system seemingly get a bit too used to them.
So when they finally do have a real pen in their hand, as Trisha explained in a TikTok video, it's easy to forget that these writing instruments don't have all the same features as the Apple Pencil.
The content creator explained she often finds herself trying to 'zoom in' on the paper, or tries to 'double tap to erase', saying it's simply 'muscle memory' at this point.
"Then I get embarrassed for no reason," she captioned the clip.
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And although she's definitely not alone in this, a lot of social media users who said goodbye to the education a few years ago were left stunned that this is the current state of play in schools.
One said: "I feel so disconnected from the world...have y'all never used paper?"
Another wrote: "Reading the comments I feel so left out. Like even if I was an iPad kid, there's no way I'd be like this."
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While a third added: "Who is even like this?"
Well, it turns out there's an army of people who are like this.
Another comment read: "The amount of times I have zoomed in on paper and have double tapped my pens to erase."
Someone in agreement with Trisha said: "We're all iPad kids at this point."
And a third chimed in: "I tried to turn the brightness down on paper the other day."
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Get down to your local stationary store, kids.