Teaching Students Computers... (Semi-OT) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 May 1998

At 07:06 PM 5/13/98 +0300, you wrote:
...
 to learn anything in perticular, except for stuff
pertaining to... anyway, I
think that here's a good time to give students a choice to know what they're
going to do.  I, for instance, want to specilize in Computers.  Spending
time learning "Pre-Algebra" (Just spent 2 class periods making a protractor
accurate to 90' from a piece of paper.) isn't helpful, at least not that 
Okay, so maybe you're a wiz in math/science, but you've got two
misspellings in there (pArticular and speciAlize) so perhaps you should be
concentrating on grammar/literature/etc?  8^)

...
  High school,
take the first two to the next levels and add skills needed
to find paying work. 
I say that some students should be given the oppertunity to do this in Jr.
High.  Not everyone, but some people.  After all, by this time, you know if
you're not going to be a chemist, programmer, or anything. 
Well, in Jr. High I was all set to be a private dick... er, detective.
Early high school, I was ready to head for Harvard Law School.  Late high
school, the plan was U-Ill/Urbana-Champaign for under Grad Elect/Elect
Engineering, then MIT for grad school.  During college (SF City College) I
was going to join the FBI.  After dropping out of college, I wanted to be a
synthesist, or maybe an inventor.  Now, I want to be a politician.  

So when is it you know what you want to be when you grow up?

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