The problem with Power Pointing

I think Parker makes a superb argument against power point's "template thinking."  Being a user of both PC and Mac computers, I can testify that Microsoft is not the only culprit in the editing-your-ideas-for-you realm of things. When editing down video clips in iMovie, there are countless templates and cookie-cutter options into which your videos can be pasted.  The problem here is that people are thinking for themselves, but not organizing their own thoughts. Our computers are holding our hands for us more than ever before.  It's like in Middle School when we were first learning how to write five-paragraph essays. The teachers would say, "Your introduction goes first, then the body paragraphs, then your closing paragraph. Your introduction MUST contain your thesis and you conclusion CANNOT summarize your paper." The way we (Americans) learn and teach each other today is so formulaic and standardized that I think we have forgotten what it is to learn not for the purpose of passing a test, but to learn for one's own benefit.