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On 5/21/2016 3:05 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 21 May 2016 03:18 pm, Rustom Mody wrote:
>
>> Given that for the most part, most of us are horribly uneducated [
>>
> http://www.creativitypost.com/education/9_elephants_in_the_classroom_that_should_unsettle_us
>> ]
>> how do we go about correcting our wrong primacies?
>
>
> An interesting article, but very US-centric.
>
> Nevertheless, let's not forget that the general school system is designed to
> churn out more-or-less identical workers capable of pulling the levers on
> late 19th and early 20th century machines for their bosses. The fact that
> it does more than that, even if badly, is a bonus.

Under various proposals in the U.S., everyone will soon learn how to 
program and/or become a computer scientist. Won't be long before some 
snotty-nosed brat graduates from preschool, takes a look at your code, 
and poops in his diapers. He will then dips his finger into his diaper, 
write on the whiteboard how your code can be written in a single line, 
and summary dismiss you with security escorting you off the premises.

Gotta love the future. :)

Thank you,

Chris R.