Hello mates, I will start to teach web usability to freshly graduated youngsters in a graphic design school _ web dept, web dept. The Board recently proposed me to also take over javascript. Now i intend to them i'm not literate enough in javascript to actually teach it. But i proposed instead to teach jquery, with the main argument being: it's a 3-year programme, it's not with 2 hours a week that most kids will get professionnal level javascript skills. Teaching jquery on the other hand, may give these junior designers a useful knowledge and discover scripting from a starting point that they understand _ not the (with all due respect:) ) geek's "code is poetry" point of view, but from the "in your face" designer point of view.
I would like to know what you guys think of my argument: is teaching the usage of a specific javascript framework relevant to the business world? Would you hire a freshman that cannot program pure javascript but can pretty much achieve the same result, in less time, with jquery? Looking forward to reading your thoughts ! Cheers, Alexandre
