<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

Before I start, I want to address that I am a high school student and in no way, shape, or form am I strongly against technology. At least in most cases.

This Monday morning, I casually walked into my chemistry class and sat down at my desk. The bell rang, we said the Pledge of Allegiance, and took attendance. Everything was as it usually was. Except for one difference.

Next to the electronic Epson projector was an assignment under the homework board reading, "WATCH VSEPR MODEL VIDEO ON YOUTUBE + TAKE NOTES."
My immediate impression was, "Yay, I get to watch a video for homework." And for the rest of the period, I never thought anything of it. We read and filled out a packet our teacher told us to finish for class while she typed on her computer for the rest of the class. Suddenly, I realized how different my high school classes were from those in Middle School, or even classes that my older siblings talked about before my school heavily invested in using the latest technology to aid academics. 

Teachers used to *engage* students. They used to *teach* everything we learned with a textbook in one hand and a piece of chalk in the other. *Right?*

I talked with some of my classmates about it afterwards, asking whether or not they thought that being taught from a youtube video was bogus or not. Some said they didn't care, while others said they simply thought the whole assignment was stupid. 

So now I'm here, reddit. Is technology really becoming a benefit to our Educational System? Is it just being misused? Has anyone had similar experiences to this?

Penny for your thoughts.
<bot>: Teacher gave students a youtube link to learn our course material instead of teaching it herself. Is this trend in teachers degrading our educational system?