> I have no place for GPS in my program. > > Art > That's perfectly fine, and so we compete, counter-recruit. You fill your school, I'll fill mine, and like that.
GPS is important when driving a [Google?] bizmo to a point of interest. We train faculty in that skill, starting at a young age. "Earth awareness" is critical in the new curriculum, and segues to polyhedra, networks, ip protocols, shipping lines. Exercises involve knowing what time it is in Tokyo, when it's midnight in New York (reflexively, like the multiplication table used to be) -- so you don't wake someone asleep, so you don't miss your plane to OSCON or whatever. You and I never grew up with this kind of earth awareness. A kid in my tomorrow will be able point to the moon without hesitation, even when it's between his or her feet. More like airline pilots (which is why more of them will have pilot licenses, percentage-wise, than did those early car-driving kids). Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig