On Wednesday 30 January 2002 13:00, you wrote: > Hello, > > I think that in this thread, the problem of teaching Windows at school has > been misunderstood. I'm disagreeing that professors teach at school about a > system of Windows or Linux or anyother. That is NOT the school matter. > School has been made to learn students methods. Then, once the student > arrive in the real world, he will apply all this generic method and will > manage what ever the situation is, the systems or the tools to solve > problem or to choose a good solution. > Learning how to use a specific software is like learning how to solve a > specific mathematical problem. You can throw away that lesson after as in a > problem with different parameters (but the same method to slove) you'll NOT > be able to solve it. > So teaching Windows at school is a bad idea, and also teaching Linux! How > to use Windows or Word or Linux or whatever you like should be the personal > choice of the student for it's own (nothing to do with school!) > After for people who don't have access to technology because of financial > problems, the school should be delivering some optional extra Practical > Classes, where you could go kind of freely. There, they would be able to > get familiar with internet, with a word processing, etc. but they should be > trying different ones, see what they would prefer... Which means also to > have competent teachers in different systems and softwares. > > Jean-Christophe
Point taken! It's all about freedom of choice. -- Good Speed, Harm Bathoorn. "Sudden Death!! Microsoft Office demands it's serial-code AGAIN!!"
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