Why should familiarity with Microsoft be a requirement of primary education? I learned to program in BASIC in 4th grade but that doesn't mean I use it now as an engineer. The most important things my teachers taught me were how to read, write, do arithmetic, and how to think critically.
The hardware and software that most kids learn on today will be long since obsolete by the time they make it to the "real world". How many "technical" skills acquired in elementary school do you use in your job today? I don't know about you but I can't remember anytime in my career where I've had to make a diorama, make anything out of papier-mâché, or write a program in LOGO.
Re:Why Xena could beat the crap out of Lara Croft
on
Review: Tomb Raider
·
· Score: 1
How about spending less time playing games and more time interacting with live human beings?
Re:Why Xena could beat the crap out of Lara Croft
on
Review: Tomb Raider
·
· Score: 1
Xena is hot. Lara is just plain cartoonish. Guys who can only deal with cartoonishly feminine versions of women probably have very little experience with real ones.
Slashdot Mirror
Why should familiarity with Microsoft be a requirement of primary education? I learned to program in BASIC in 4th grade but that doesn't mean I use it now as an engineer. The most important things my teachers taught me were how to read, write, do arithmetic, and how to think critically.
The hardware and software that most kids learn on today will be long since obsolete by the time they make it to the "real world". How many "technical" skills acquired in elementary school do you use in your job today? I don't know about you but I can't remember anytime in my career where I've had to make a diorama, make anything out of papier-mâché, or write a program in LOGO.
How about spending less time playing games and more time interacting with live human beings?
Xena is hot. Lara is just plain cartoonish. Guys who can only deal with cartoonishly feminine versions of women probably have very little experience with real ones.