On 21 Aug 98, at 18:24, Cherise Greski-Lesniewicz wrote:
> Brett's comments about HS students prompted me to post. He has a
> good point about the Electronics Teacher. Part of the problem
> with HS is that even our teachers don't know what the technology
> is there for. I'm part of a national organization in the US for
> bringing technology into the schools. One of our biggest
> challenges has been to get the teachers to accept it and then
> *use* it in the curriculum. Although more teachers are interested
I have to admit that I wasted most of my school years. Finally when
I really began to pay attention and learn I decided to drop out and
go live on a kibbutz.
I really wonder about teaching kids about computers or even using
computers in schools. The last thing I ever want to happen is for
kids to learn software and become reliant on .... someone else.
Perhaps if they only allowed linux in schools -- NO ms or even macs
and no mice.
Now I haven't given this much thought, about computers, but I think
that a lot more of school ought to be devoted to who we are. What is
a human being, how does a human being do what it does, how can it do
it better etc. Study what past human beings have said and done.
Learn about being a human being. NOT what a human being SHOULD BE.
Not that we are all children of god or that we a part of a global
village or any of that nonsense. Teach a human being as a rational
animal (who owes NOBODY until the human being is capable of entering
into a contract with another human being).
Give them computers in college.
Peter
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