Danny Yoo wrote: >Last of all, I took a look at Georgia Tech's CS 1321 web page, just out of >curiosity, and came with: > > http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2005/cs1321_spring/ > > On the syllabus page linked from your cite:
"Learning to program is like learning a sport." This is an observation I have made here before - meaning it in a literal way. And as an observation, not something I analyze - observing that for myself the process, and what it stimulates, and what motivates me, when learning to program seemed somehow familiar. And it took to me a while to realize why it seemed familiar. I came to programming late, but I have always been somethng of a jock . And maybe I came to programming late, only because and in substution for some of the satisfaction I have always gotten from athletics - having reached an age where in most athletics pursuits my abilities were declining from where they had once been. But I clearly missed the process. And learning to program is like learning a sport. So I'm back on the field, testing and stretching my abilities - just in a different way. Nice that the observation here is being made by a woman instructor. But strange that "geek" seems to have the almost opposite connotation - as someone actively disinterested in athletic activity. I guess I had speculated that those who get into programming deeply when young are those for whatever reason cut-off from physical gymnastics, so tend toward mental gymnastics. Or something. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
