[Edu-sig] Re: Question ?
Marilyn Davis
marilyn at deliberate.com
Sat Apr 17 13:08:48 EDT 2004
On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Daniel Ajoy wrote:
> On 17 Apr 2004 at 12:03, edu-sig-request at python.org wrote:
>
> > Oh no no no. It has to be something uninteresting, uncreative and
> > unproductive, a spectator sport, like watching football on TV.
>
> Modern education?
Yeh, good point. But maybe more opposite is war -- destructive,
physical, violent.
Do you have an answer for us, Jason?
Marilyn
>
> http://www.terc.edu/investigations/relevant/html/computerssupport.html
>
> "It goes against the grain of modern education to teach
> students to program. What fun is there to making plans,
> acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting
> attention to detail, and learning to be self critical."
>
> - A. Perlis
>
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