Python and Schools

[Jp Calderone]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 01:24:02PM -0500, Paul Watson wrote:
> Were you required to learn how to refine crude oil into petrol before you
> were taught how to drive a car?
> 
> Surely you must have studied the basic physics of fluid mechanics before you
> could be successful in the WC.
> 
> We need to teach students correct design priciples to build something
> greater than what already exists.  We will never get very far if we require
> everyone to start with a quark or atom.  Yes, of course we need some people
> who design silicon and create microcode.  They will learn the low-level
> details what they need to know as they need it.  Knowing great design and
> organization principles will enable them to make the most of it.
> 

  +1.

  Programming and computer science are related, but not the same.  Teaching
someone computer science and expecting this to make them a good programmer
is a mistake.

  Jp

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