[Edu-sig] Re: Beyond CP4E

[André Roberge]

Arthur wrote:
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: edu-sig-bounces at python.org [mailto:edu-sig-bounces at python.org] On
>>Behalf Of Lloyd Hugh Allen
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> 
> 
>>I would really like to actively read this sig, because next semester
>>I'm going to be using Python as a vehicle for something like half of
>>the first quarter of a semester-long Survey of Programming Languages
>>course at the high school level, for students who have already taken a
>>mandatory year-long course in Java (the choice of language for the
>>year-long course was determined by the language on the AP Comp Sci
>>course).
> 
> 
> I would love it  - believe it or not - if there was more traffic here that
> was responsive to your needs and expectations.
> 
> If I am cluttering your mailbox I am sorry, but that is one kind of sin.  If
> doing so is inhibiting the kind of discussion you expect or prefer, that is
> another, more serious kind of sin.  If I thought that were true I wouldn't
> be being as I am.  And if you can show me how that is true, I will stop.
> 
> Art

As someone who has been reading messages on this Special Interest Group 
for a little less than a year, I only contributed to two threads where I 
felt I had something relevant to the purpose of this group.  At times, I 
felt exasperated with some irrelevant discussions that were taking 
place, making it difficult to find the needle of interest among the 
haystack of prolixity.

To quote from the Python site:
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Edu-sig provides an informal venue for comparing notes and discussing 
future possibilities for Python in education. ...

Membership includes, but is not limited to, educators using Python in 
their courses, independent developers, and authors of educational 
materials. Discussion focuses on Python use at all levels, from 
beginning to advanced applications.
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While I have felt that some interesting points on other topics were 
sometimes raised, I felt that the noise/signal ratio has been rather 
high, where
noise = topics unrelated to Python use
signal = topics related to Python use.

I am convinced that more interesting and relevant discussions would take 
place if posters were to adhere more closely to the purpose of this SIG.

I apologize for submitting a Python unrelated-post.

Sincerely,

André Roberge