Nicely put Will. I have begun to think that the particular knowledge of computing that we are talking about, has less to do with "generation" than exposure.
1. Most of you are much (way much :O) older than the average college student and you really know your New World shit like Linux. On the other side>> a vast number of college students that I work with are numb to anything beyond Micro$oft or what was taught in their last class. I had my FIRST student walk in yesterday and say that Linux is something that he like to mess with. Might even look into the Linux-Xbox compition going on. 2. Then we have (for example) Mat and Jeremy who are young college students I consider the old-fashion compugeek kids. On the other side once more>>we have my poor father who erased some of his OS files the first month he had his machine because he pushed a few buttons too many. 3. I do believe that Newbie groups will have an older age curve than lets say regular classrooms. Most of the younger students I have observed, do not want to learn new ideas on their own. A class requirement is bad enough. The older students are usually the ones to seek out the new information. I don't know if this is true with the rest of the world, but this is what I see everyday on my own campus. Another note I guess that goes along with Mat.... some of you may have seen the article on the St. Thomas Moore students' parents pushing for the bill that allows them to park in handicap zones at school. Parents raising their children to be Spoiled Rotten BRATS. It comes in waves. We are hoping for an updraft of quality. Opps, Nuf said. Sonja ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] [OT] was -- humorous interview with Bill Gateson Linux > Wel Mat, > I believe every generations children are looked upon as inadequate by their > seniors. I know that my generation was and I am probably one of the oldest > posters here. It is just human nature for one to see the inexperience of > youth as more than it was when they were young. And the miss-interptation > is not just of the old to the young. I believe that Mark Twain expressed it > best when he said "When I was 16 I thought that my parents were the dumbest > people in the world but when I became 21 I was amazed at how much they had > learned." I for one have no wish that the youth of today should experience > the horrors war as a right of passage to enlightment. I think that you > (collectively) will do just fine with your stewardship of the world. > > Will Lowe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mat Branyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:48 PM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] [OT] was -- humorous interview with Bill > Gateson Linux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
