[Tutor] The Reading Documentation problem

[Sean Murphy]

Nicely summarised I fully agree. I recall of study done many years ago comparing a person who read information via book and someone who looked on the Internet. The concentration and retention with Farlow for someone is getting information via the Internet due to the weight designed. Please excuse any errors because I’m using Siri.

My experience is the part 

> On 25 Aug 2019, at 5:57 pm, Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor at python.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 25/08/2019 00:04, Mike Barnett wrote:
>> Sorry this is so long, but it's a real problem I'm witnessing and I'm 
>> wondering if it's only a certain portion of the programming world 
>> (self-taught people) or the internet-generation in general does 
>> this regardless of educational training.
> 
> My own opinion, based on  anecdotal evidence only, is that its a symptom of
> the YouTube generation.
> 
> People now learn from YouTube - which is invariably a shallow learning
> process
> driven by example rather than deeper explanation. (I'm biased since I write
> books and a website! :-)
> 
> But if you "learn" by video, any documentation seems dull and boring.
> 
> So unless there is a short (one paragraph) text or a video these folks turn
> to forums etc and ask for an answer (not an explanation, they only want
> the immediate answer).
> 
> This is an issue in all manner of areas. I am a keen photographer and I see
> the same thing there. Just tell me how to improve this shot, No interest in
> understanding the deeper reasons why the image is wrong and how
> to avoid the problem in future.
> 
> There are exceptions of course, but YouTube has created an expectation
> that you can learn anything from a 15 minute video clip.
> 
> -- 
> Alan G
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
> http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld
> Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Tutor maillist  -  Tutor at python.org
> To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor