Re: [Edu-sig] Programming in High School

2008-12-09 Thread David MacQuigg
At 06:52 PM 12/8/2008 -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote: >On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:10 PM, David MacQuigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> At 03:30 PM 12/8/2008 -0800, michel paul wrote: >> >>>I think part of the problem in the past has been the misunderstanding about >>>tech jobs getting outsourced. I'v

Re: [Edu-sig] Programming in High School

2008-12-09 Thread kirby urner
Re outsourcing, here I am in the capital of open source (Portland, per Christian Science Monitor that time -- San Jose uncomfortable with that, stealing back OSCON -- OK, OK, their turn, we agree), and yet when push comes to shove, there's a rather tiny geek culture. I find myself advising Symmetr

Re: [Edu-sig] Programming in High School

2008-12-09 Thread Paul D. Fernhout
David MacQuigg wrote: > What ever happened to the original enthusiasm with Computer Programming > for Everyone? If everyone with a high school diploma knew how to write a > simple program, not only would we be more productive, but we would > understand the world better. Instead of loose talk and

Re: [Edu-sig] Programming in High School

2008-12-09 Thread kirby urner
I like "schoolish math", will plan to recycle that. As for the rest of it, trademark Paul F. in being so verbose, will leave it to other analysts to summarize it for me this time. Good seein' ya Paul. For those wishing to lurk on my "inner doings" (acting locally in Portland), I refer you to thi