On Thursday 02 January 2003 17:11, Ely Levy wrote: Ironically, it looks like I'm getting hired by a school to implement certain software projects. It would also be a great opportunity to inspect the school world for Linux infestation potential.
Guess it's time for me to formally join the Amuta? > I agree, > > I think that what would push linux into school > that why I don't bother going to the school > before having something to show up, > a lot of shchonot metzoka might earn a lot from the idea. > thanks to Alon who send me the site of matach (http://www.cet.ac.il/) > I see some of their programs are above the ability of a bit below average > family to buy. > anyhow by what I remember from their programs they should work on wine, > can someone confirm? > > Ely Levy > System group > Hebrew University > Jerusalem Israel > > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 02, 2003, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote about "Re: Edu in linux": > > > home. The Windows vocabulary has entered our daily Hebrew speech. My > > > kids (all 10 of them) had to submit a portion of their homework > > > assignments in .doc format (Gush Etzion school system) for the past > > > four years. My wife is in a masters program at Touro College and Beit > > > Morasha where the homework assignments are distributed in Word and the > > > homework must be submitted in Word. I suggest that you actually go try > > > to talk to these people about Linux and see what happens. > > > > What you describe is a typical arrogance that appears to pervail in our > > education system, where kids need to mold themselves into the "system" > > and not the other ways around. Demands are made on kids without trying to > > think whether these demands are reasonable for all kids or actually > > beneficial to any of them. > > > > Recently Channel 2 news carried a story about large families (like yours) > > whose schools demand 500 shekels a year (or more) from each child for > > school trips. For the school it's much easier and nicer to force everyone > > to fit this mold and not "cause problems". But what does a person earning > > 4000 shekels and having "just" 5 kids, do? What does the same person do > > when his kids' school force his children to write homework on their home > > computer (so one computer is not enough for all the children, just like > > one desk is not enough for all of them), or to buy specific software that > > his childrens' teachers demand? > > Should this hypothetic guy be told to pirate commercial software? Is that > > any better than telling him "if you can't afford paying for your kid's > > school trips, why don't you just rob a bank?" > > > > There should not be a "digital divide" inside schools... > > > > -- > > Nadav Har'El | Thursday, Jan 2 2003, 28 Tevet > > 5763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ > > 13349191 |I started out with nothing... I still http://nadav.harel.org.il > > |have most of it. > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?" ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
