13 May
1998
13 May
'98
5:49 a.m.
Hmmmm....7th grade. I got my Atari 800xl in seventh grade. Not a single
computer in my school, and that was even in a rather large city
(Pasadena). We found a lot of other things to occupy us, though, like
finding creative ways to get over (and under) the 8 foot chain-link fence
around the school and over to taco bell or the Pac Man arcade. I spent all
of my "home" time drinking Tang, programming my Ataris, and listening to
Black Sabbath. Funny thing is I got all A's and B's in my classes, with an
attendance ratio of about 2/3 and a homework ratio of about 1/4. Does that
say anything about the quality of California's public education? I can
only imagine that it's even better now....
Aaron
On Wed, 13 May 1998, Russ Blakeman wrote:
Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Hotze wrote:
When I was in 7th grade I was pondering what the newest Terrahawks and
Thunderbirds episode would be and what I was going to do if the Vietnam
"conflict"
went on past when I graduated high school in 1974. The only "pooters" we had
then
were some networked (if you can call it that) typing equipment and teletype
terminals in the business classes.
High school has it's palce, just as college does. Of course if you look at the
high schools and many colleges now you'd have to wonder why they eeven bother
going to any classes other than home room for attendance check in.
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I am. In 7th grade. Still think that jr. high school's a COMPLETE waste of
time, especially for geeks (or people like me, who like to consider
themselves geeks, but probably couldn't make it...), at our school. No
UNIX, no programming, not even a 32 bit OS!!! (And that's even counting
Windows!!!!) All I really can do is do what I want in Computers... (but
with the software that they've got available, the most I can do is type a
word doc. instead of write an e-mail... TONS of freedom there...)
Tim, when I was in the seventh grade, due to getting most of my _real_
education from the library at my own pace, I wasn't counting windows.
There weren't enough of them. I simply kept working out new patterns
for counting the holes in the acoustical ceilings, since the contractors
had installed them unevenly and that killed _some_ of the time until the
bell rang.