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>>These things are getting to easy, it's not really geeky! In defense of these opinions, we need at-least somebody in the next generation to understand how the
by frozenport 12y ago
>>These things are getting to easy, it's not really geeky!
In defense of these opinions, we need at-least somebody in the next generation to understand how the lowest level of technology works. I am told that everybody in my field built a radio communication system in high-school, now its a project for a senior level class.
- sjtrny 12y agoYet education rates are increasing not decreasing.
- userbinator 12y agoThe amount of educational material on the Internet has increased vastly, but looking at all the misconceptions and "not even wrong" stuff floating around, I'm not so convinced this is a good thing. Quantity is not quality.
- imdsm 12y agoEverything is becoming abstracted, and as that happens, we're spread thinner and thinner
- davb 12y agoAnd I find this very worrying.
- euroclydon 12y agoI remember a math professor I had relating a discussion he had with another professor about whether to make the students memorize trigonometry rules. The proponent had no comeback for: "Should students be taught to make their own lightbulb before they do their homework at night?"
- vixen99 12y agoMaybe the proponent should be looking for work in less demanding fields.
- userbinator 12y agoThat is funny, since I don't think many maths instructors would agree with giving students calculators and starting with calculus in lieu of teaching them arithmetic first - which is similar to what beginning programmers are being taught these days.