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but typically, schools (k-12) don't teach how to think. they teach how to regurgitate. it's easier, and the teacher doesn't have to respond constructively to differing opinions due to independant thought. my two cents. moose. ps- i am not trying to ignite a flame war with teaching professionals... ;-) On Wednesday 30 January 2002 08:22, you wrote: > 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. ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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