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NYC To Open 1st High School Dedicated To Software

Posted by timothy on from the ferris-bueller-memorial dept.

stephencrane writes "NYC is to open The Academy for Software Engineering, with a focus on software design and college preparation. It'll be a 'limited, unscreened' high school, which means admission won't be tied to grades or test scores; solely on interest (and presumably a lottery, once words gets out)." Would you want to go (or have gone) to such a school? Would you want your kids to attend?

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  1. India? by vlm · · Score: 0, Troll

    Where in India is "NYC"? Isn't that where all the software jobs are?

    I would think the worst possible place to compete with a country having a cheap cost of living would be in one of the most expensive cities in the world, so I hope they aren't talking about new york city, new york state...

    Would you want your kids to attend?

    Heck no, my generation is the last one to get a domestic programming job. Kind of like coal miners don't let their kids become coal miners.

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    "Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
  2. Re:How about a High School dedicated to learning? by DeathFromSomewhere · · Score: 0, Troll

    So in other words you learned how to pass standardized tests. Glad we agree.

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    -1 overrated isn't the same thing as "I disagree".