On 7/16/07, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yet I got fan mail as well. > > I trust others on this list to give Sven the sound sober advice > he's looking for. I specialize in various brands of polemics -- > not to the exclusion of technical content though. > > Kirby > newly back from Vilnius > start teaching a new Pythonic Math class tomorrow morning > > On 7/17/07, Michael Tobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I consider Kirby's a grossly inappropriate response to Sven's query. > > > > While I respect Kirby for his contributions I wish he would put a tiny > > fraction of his attention into which of his posts were helpful to the > > community and which not. > > > > Michael Tobis > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >
Kirby and Michael, as a parent, I agree with Kirby about the education system in this country. Kirby, I suggest you join one of the many lists/groups on the topic, including mathematicallycorrect.org and others. Save your polemics for that community. Michael, as a pythonista who is passionate about teaching all kids about programming, I agree with you. This list needs to refocus on Python in education. Posts that are about other, even related, topics, need to be elsewhere. Guido - thanks for posting the straw poll. (Note: a strawman is a rhetorical device to distract a person from a logical argument...;-) In response to your straw poll: +1 I look forward to having some time to actually participate in discussions about Python in education. -- cordially, Anna -- It is fate, but call it Italy if it pleases you, Vicar! _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
