[Edu-sig] Re: Question ?

[Marilyn Davis]

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Daniel Ajoy wrote:

> On 17 Apr 2004 at 12:03, edu-sig-request at python.org wrote:
> 
> > Oh no no no.  It has to be something uninteresting, uncreative and
> > unproductive, a spectator sport, like watching football on TV.
> 
> Modern education?

Yeh, good point.  But maybe more opposite is war -- destructive,
physical, violent.

Do you have an answer for us, Jason?

Marilyn

> 
> http://www.terc.edu/investigations/relevant/html/computerssupport.html
> 
> "It goes against the grain of modern education to teach 
> students to program. What fun is there to making plans, 
> acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting 
> attention to detail, and learning to be self critical."
> 
> - A. Perlis 
> 
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