> They prepare people tailor-trained for Microsoft and IBM. <<SNIP>>
> It's so important that we don't throw growing minds in to a technical > tunnel. > To take a different point of view: If a person *wants* a narrow, specialized training, very vocational, precisely to be attractive to a Microsoft or IBM, and to pay for the privilege, is it wrong to make that opportunity available, perhaps somewhere in Utah? Like, maybe the enrollee already has a degree in French literature, plays the flute, but wants the security of a well paying job. OK, an unlikely scenario. I'm a liberal arts guy too and wouldn't recommend a mind-numbing strait-jacketing course of study to others. But should I forbid them the option? Real freedom to choose means we don't choose for them. Plus I think higher ups in Microsoft or IBM know it's perilous to hire only a few types of worker thereby turning themselves into conformist mono-cultures, armies of clones. That's a recipe for disaster over the long haul. And what if they *don't* know that? OK then, they'll stop being relevant in due course. Again, it's not for me to choose their fates. Let companies learn from their own mistakes. Students too. And me from mine. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
