3 Jan
2002
3 Jan
'02
3:51 p.m.
At the risk of another OT thread one has to memorize many things, and
know the formula to apply them. Surely the math tables, alphabet, and
common grammar is not too much to ask of an educational system that
has ceased to educate. I remember studies at the London School of
Economics that showed 3rd year students became less able to assimmilate
concepts than Ist year students. Meaning they became Dumber as education
proceeded. Education seems to be simply how well you can accede to the
requirements of corporations.
Lawrence
Lawrence
Reply to:
lgwalker(a)mts.net
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From: Lawrence Walker [mailto:lgwalker@mts.net]
And actually force people to learn how to spell
without the
use of a spell-
checker. I remember how aghast I was when I learned my sons school
Well, in defense of poor spelling, there are more important things -- such as
content -- especially on a friendly list such as this. After all, tripe is
tripe, no matter how correct the spelling. :)
allowed the use of calculators in math exams.
Right On, Fred.
... and in defense of calculators, it's certainly more important for one to
learn the theoretical core of mathematics so that it can be applied to Real Life
than to waste time calculating things which are practically useless. The actual
calculation is generally a mundane, but necessary step. Provided that you know
how it's supposed to work, you can always arrive at the correct answer given
some amount of time, with or without a calculator. Please don't take this as a
defense of the public school system, which doesn't truthfully teach anything.
I was going to
reply to this would-be hacker's input but brushed it off as
more juvenal crap.
I was tempted to respond too, but -- and this is the whole problem with the
message -- there was nothing to which one could respond. He may as well have
said "test message -- please ignore."
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
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