On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 22:59, Uri Bruck wrote: > > Everyone has a choice, of course. I do think that such an attitude is a > > bad one though. No, not everyone needs to be a rocket scientist. But I > > don't think you need a rocket scientist to have a basic understanding of > > how things work. > This I can relate to, and your complaint is also relevant to the scarcity > of home-ec and shop classes (for both genders)
Indeed. Robert A. Heinlin wrote: "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." Gilad -- Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://benyossef.com "A 24-year-old South Korean man died after playing computer games nonstop for 86 hours, police said." http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/10/1034061260831.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
