NCLB, Unions, bad teachers, improper testing, all that junk is only a tiny fraction of the problem. How can you expect the best performance when there is an element in our culture that looks upon education as a bad thing? From my own experiences, teaching a student is *nowhere* near as hard as convincing them to care enough to work hard at learning. Now, yes, there are school districts that struggle to function out of sheer lack of resources. But as for the others, the infrastructure is there. The material is there. The teachers are there. What's missing in a lot of cases is the drive on the student's behalf. And that's something you just can't simply solve with legislation.
Just graduated with a math (BS) degree myself. My current only options are to fight for entry level programming jobs (which I have a temporary one) or to continue my education and get a degree that's actually useful. Problem is, while it sounds nice in theory as a compliment to computer science, by itself it does not give you the necessary basic skills to be even remotely competitive; you need experience from another source. Having a good grasp of logic does you no bloody good when nearly every employer wants a minimum of x years of experience in half a dozen different platforms/languages.
But, programming is the general area I would wish to get into, and it's something I'd recommend OP to look into to. But no matter what, you'll have to learn a lot more: be it in the workplace, on your own time, or in school. No getting around that.:p
Dunno how the education background figures into it. I guess it helps, you have to break down complex concepts so that students can learn it. In programming, you pretty much have to break down complex processes to simpler subroutines and instructions. Maybe it helps, but I don't know, education isn't my thing.
It's a form of confirmation bias. It's the sensationalist dolts that make it to the news, so that's why it seems we have to put up with such a high concentration of them. It's not just in psychology.
Grant money also goes to help paying salaries, student tuition, equipment, and additional workers. Don't forget about the money for the database, db administrators/developers, computers, and all the other technical work involved for four years. Also, the school also takes out a large chunk, ours tacks up to 50% extra on top of the subtotal.
You'd be surprised how expensive research can get. Not that I'm justifying that it should be that expensive, just saying there's a lot involved in the budget. Not everybody has access to cheap, available undergrads capable of doing the work.:p
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Take it one step further, slashdot should get its own domain: http colon slash slash slash dot dot slash dot slash :P
(http://slashdot.slashdot/)
Whatcha talkin about? "Ethical" is practically equivalent of fnord to marketers. :P
Fortran is still taught in schools for engineers and programmers, IIRC. Dunno about cobol, but I'm sure it's being taught somewhere.
So duct-tape your photograph to the camera!
Or the very cheap solution of duct tape. Which solves all problems, from broken tool handles to helicopters to any given international crisis. :P
This is geeks we're talking about. Mating is out of the question.
Well, the newer models of humans come with dual core, so they can truly multitask. The rest of us just have to wait for the proper timeslices. :P
I don't know much about IPv6. Does it not allow private networks?
While I do find unexplained industry-specific acronyms annoying, if you read /. and don't know what BSoD is . . .
But a link should be good enough.
Linux sucks, it just happens that everything else is even worse. :D
The DNS is workaround for our memory-leak-ridden brain software. :P
NCLB, Unions, bad teachers, improper testing, all that junk is only a tiny fraction of the problem. How can you expect the best performance when there is an element in our culture that looks upon education as a bad thing? From my own experiences, teaching a student is *nowhere* near as hard as convincing them to care enough to work hard at learning. Now, yes, there are school districts that struggle to function out of sheer lack of resources. But as for the others, the infrastructure is there. The material is there. The teachers are there. What's missing in a lot of cases is the drive on the student's behalf. And that's something you just can't simply solve with legislation.
The battery is probably just good enough to hold on between switching power outlets. :P
Just graduated with a math (BS) degree myself. My current only options are to fight for entry level programming jobs (which I have a temporary one) or to continue my education and get a degree that's actually useful. Problem is, while it sounds nice in theory as a compliment to computer science, by itself it does not give you the necessary basic skills to be even remotely competitive; you need experience from another source. Having a good grasp of logic does you no bloody good when nearly every employer wants a minimum of x years of experience in half a dozen different platforms/languages.
:p
But, programming is the general area I would wish to get into, and it's something I'd recommend OP to look into to. But no matter what, you'll have to learn a lot more: be it in the workplace, on your own time, or in school. No getting around that.
Dunno how the education background figures into it. I guess it helps, you have to break down complex concepts so that students can learn it. In programming, you pretty much have to break down complex processes to simpler subroutines and instructions. Maybe it helps, but I don't know, education isn't my thing.
Desist from this foolishness this secant!
To be fair, hype overload is killing brain cells.
It's a form of confirmation bias. It's the sensationalist dolts that make it to the news, so that's why it seems we have to put up with such a high concentration of them. It's not just in psychology.
The WGA just does not want to be responsible for giving out false information. Can't blame them for that.
If skyrim is any indication, giants.
Grant money also goes to help paying salaries, student tuition, equipment, and additional workers. Don't forget about the money for the database, db administrators/developers, computers, and all the other technical work involved for four years. Also, the school also takes out a large chunk, ours tacks up to 50% extra on top of the subtotal.
:p
You'd be surprised how expensive research can get. Not that I'm justifying that it should be that expensive, just saying there's a lot involved in the budget. Not everybody has access to cheap, available undergrads capable of doing the work.
Right, emacs. :p
The the number of Austrians living among Australians isn't that high though, so you can't really blame the latter . . .
Water from the air can still be contaminated with dihydrogen monoxide, a byproduct of combustion, which a lot of factories and power plants give off.
Oh come on slashdot, I'm a mac fan and even I found this funny. No need to mod down.
Just because you wouldn't do that doesn't mean there are those who would extend hospitality to friends and acquaintances in need.