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Dude, they're in school. Do you complain to their computer science teachers, because self-motivated students should be able to learn CS themselves? It may be
by mquander 16y ago
Dude, they're in school. Do you complain to their computer science teachers, because self-motivated students should be able to learn CS themselves? It may be true, but that doesn't mean that the teachers or students are doing something wrong!
As for the ability to learn on their own, perhaps they are spending their own time learning interesting things rather than learning shell scripting or how to use git.
- burgerbrain 16y agoLearning computer science is not about learning version control systems, or even programming. Computer science educations should focus on the theoretics and math behind all of that. Teaching version control to computer science students is like teaching calculators to mathematics majors.
- didip 16y agoThe devil is in the details. Creative and motivated teachers are part of them. Teaching calculators to math students may lead to learning about infix, polish, or reverse polish notation. Teaching version control to CS students may lead to deeper understanding of data structure or database architecture.
- danio 16y agoThe problem with teaching CS like that is that there is a huge disconnect when joining the workforce. Most employers expect a CS graduate to understand version control, bug tracking systems, IDEs and the like. Most CS departments think that such things are beneath them. The concept of a weekend extra-curricular course to bridge the gap seems ideal to me. The only problem I see is funding it.