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| From | Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Why Johnny can?t code |
| Date | 2014-09-04 10:58 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <c6quu4F1r0bU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <jCWo060GWCUx8svQg454q6sz@dont-email.me> <wtpNv.60359$Y4.11270@fx24.iad> <c6mpiqF1eqaU25@mid.individual.net> <lmxNv.210456$4%3.175442@fx10.iad> |
On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:07:25 -0600, Will Honea wrote: > Bob Eager wrote: > >> Hear hear. I cringe when I hear this 'we are going to teach CODING' >> stuff on TV. Cart before the horse indeed. >> > First thing I've seen from you in a loooong time, Bob. I mainly frequent UK groups...and alt.sys and comp.*.bsd ..! > Here in the US we are in the midst of re-inventing education - again. Same here. Worst exam results for years, although they are probably more accurate assessments. > I > convinced the wife to retire before this latest hair-brained scheme to > implement a national "common core" with money support to the schools > doing best on a set of standardized tests is implemented. Somehow, the > notion that education can accomplish nothing more than teaching the > skills necessary to producing a student with the tools to learn what > interests him/her has been lost. That skill I can teach; I've never > "learned" a student anything. Exactly. This obsession with 'coding' seems to be the equivalent of teaching someone to lay bricks without teaching them where or in what configuration they need to lay them... -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 10:02 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-09-02 12:23 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-09-02 14:43 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-02 16:40 +0200
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-03 12:43 +1000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-02 15:17 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-02 18:24 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 21:01 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code greymaus <greymausg@mail.com> - 2014-09-03 14:55 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-09-03 18:04 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-03 14:38 -0400
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-03 19:55 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-03 17:33 -0400
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-03 21:35 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-04 15:24 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-04 20:17 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 18:56 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-03 20:59 +0200
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 18:45 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-09-02 20:50 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-03 21:05 +0200
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-02 16:56 +0200
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-09-02 16:09 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-04 14:57 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-09-04 15:24 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can't code Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-09-05 02:33 -0300
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-02 14:08 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 20:55 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-02 21:02 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-02 23:07 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-04 10:58 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-04 11:09 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-04 11:17 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-04 22:58 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 11:38 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-05 13:55 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 20:02 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-04 14:28 +0300
Re: Why Johnny can?t code RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2014-09-04 20:27 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-04 19:55 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-04 22:50 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 11:37 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-09-05 13:05 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 15:22 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-09-05 13:48 -0600
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-09-05 20:09 +0000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-03 12:26 +1000
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2014-09-04 00:34 +0100
Re: Why Johnny can?t code Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-04 15:01 +0000
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