On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:43:05 -0600 Rick Fochtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>------------------------<snip>--------------------- :> :>>>The summary of the Schonberg paper begins: :>>>1. Mathematics requirements in CS programs are shrinking. :>>It doesn't take a professional paper to realize that mathematics :>>requirements in virtually ALL curricula are shrinking in the USA. The only exception is :>>the mathematics specialty itself. :>-----------------<unsnip>---------------------- :>A point that should be obvious if anyone has ever confronted a checkout :>clerk during a power failure. Around Greater Chicagoland, even many :>second graders are permitted to use calculators in class, to the :>detriment of arithmetic studies. :-( Mathematics ^= Arithmetic -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
