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SAS CEO Blasts Old-School Schooling

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuck-in-the-past dept.

theodp writes "What does SAS CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight have in common with 47% of high school dropouts? A belief that school is boring. Marking the 50th anniversary of Sputnik with a call for renewed emphasis on science and technology in America's schools, Goodnight finds today's kids ill-served by old-school schooling: 'Today's generation of kids is the most technology savvy group that this country has ever produced. They are born with an iPod in one hand and a cell phone in another. They're text messaging, e-mailing, instant messaging. They're on MySpace, YouTube & Google. They've got Nintendo Wiis, Game Boys, PlayStations. Their world is one of total interactivity. They're in constant communication with each other, but when they go to school, they are told to leave those 'toys' at home. They're not to be used in school. Instead, the system continues teaching as if these kids belong to the last century, by standing in front of a blackboard.'"

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  1. Re:Tired of this goddamn label by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    And most people's text messaging is a detriment to both learning proper English and being tech-savy. stfu grmmr nuub
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  2. Re:I happen to disagree. by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Standing in front of a blackboard and addressing the students orally is an excellent method of education.
    Actually, technology has made quite a leap forward from when my teachers used to stand in front of a blackboard and address us.


    Today's teachers stand in front of a whiteboard.

    And, given all the teacher-student sex going on, I imaging "addressing the students orally" has taken on a whole new meaning, too.
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  3. Re:Tired of this goddamn label by Architect_sasyr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well considering how much I enjoyed Sex-Ed I'm sort of surprised that I never passed Physical Education...

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  4. Re:Tired of this goddamn label by hitmark · · Score: 4, Funny

    ok, i just scared myself silly. i fully understand the message in that line of text!

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  5. Re:Programming vs Theory by Ihlosi · · Score: 2, Funny
    Writing code gives fairly immediate reinforcement since you can generally compile what you have and see how it works. If it doesn't you can tweak it and recompile.



    Let'em use punch cards and only one hour of computer time each week (Saturday night, 2 am to 3 am) for a month. That'll teach'em.


    And now get off my lawn.

  6. Re:Tired of this goddamn label by umghhh · · Score: 2, Funny

    what morals?
    what ethics?
    why do you bother us with this shit?

  7. Re:Blame the mandate by QuantumG · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe you should send your princess to a nice catholic school where she wont be exposed to the evils of the opposite gender.

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  8. Re:Blame the mandate by thrillseeker · · Score: 3, Funny

    wont be exposed to the evils of the opposite gender

    Slashdot fits this criteria ...

  9. Re:Tired of this goddamn label by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You would, being free of the burden of capitalization customs.

  10. Re:Tired of this goddamn label by Fear+the+Clam · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I was in 5th grade I was learning how interbutts work

    And then the social workers came and took daddy away?