heck i never got a chance to learn computers in school, and i didn't turn out too bad.
on a more serious note, i was rather appalled to see that the syllabus for the diploma in engineering courses here in Goa focus on windows rather than linux. I suppose in a richer country one can argue purely on the ethics of the issue, but over here cost is an important consideration too. As a newly appointed member to the board committee that reviews the syllabus, you can be sure that i'll have lots to say about that in future meetings. Thank You, Regards, mario Jean-Christophe Berthon wrote: > > Hello, > > I think that in this thread, the problem of teaching Windows at school has > been misunderstood. I'm disagreeing that professors teach at school about a > system of Windows or Linux or anyother. That is NOT the school matter. > School has been made to learn students methods. Then, once the student> arrive in >the real world, he will apply all this generic method and will > manage what ever the situation is, the systems or the tools to solve problem > or to choose a good solution. > Learning how to use a specific software is like learning how to solve a > specific mathematical problem. You can throw away that lesson after as in a > problem with different parameters (but the same method to slove) you'll NOT > be able to solve it. > So teaching Windows at school is a bad idea, and also teaching Linux! How to > use Windows or Word or Linux or whatever you like should be the personal > choice of the student for it's own (nothing to do with school!) > After for people who don't have access to technology because of financial > problems, the school should be delivering some optional extra Practical > Classes, where you could go kind of freely. There, they would be able to get > familiar with internet, with a word processing, etc. but they should be > trying different ones, see what they would prefer... Which means also to > have competent teachers in different systems and softwares. > > Jean-Christophe > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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