Ed Leafe wrote: > I wasn't sure if this was [OT] or [NF], but just to be safe... > > Watch this text-only video, and then re-consider the short-sighted > fools who think that we should be training our school kids on > PowerPoint and Windows and Excel. > > http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift > > We should be teaching them how to think, and how to solve problems. > Not how to use tools that, if not already obsolete, will be obsolete > soon enough. >
Ed, When I went to school in the early 90s (Penn State Univ.), they taught us on Fortran and Pascal. Those were obsolete then, but the idea was to teach us logic and concepts and how to solve problems. So they were doing what you're saying. I guess the majority of schools are NOT taking approach anymore? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
