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From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio <fluxstrin...@gmail.com>
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, 14 June, 2010 4:45:38
Subject: Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Dennis Myhand <dmyh...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
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>Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
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>>>>Why there is not a basic computer practices class I do not understand.
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>I have tried to teach that very class for the last 7 years. Most of my
>students could not care less about what I am talking about. They are there to
>fulfill the state requirements for a technology class and once they achieve
>that, they have no idea what you have talked about, because they have already
>forgotten it. In 7 years of teaching I have had 4 students say they have used
>something I taught them in a college class they had later in life. The vast
>majority of my students are convinced that they already know all there is to
>know about using a computer and they have no intention of learning more.
>Rarely do I get a student who is actually wanting to learn. Most of the time
>I get the student who tells me there is no way Ohm's Law will work. Peace,
>Dennis
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I can understand that in an office drone paper shuffler who is on the IT
lockout track.
But media types of all persuasions who enter small or freelance operations and
ignore the need of CPU and network system practices will be a burden to their
bosses and may not last long.
Production deadlines for customers leave no time for rookie mistakes.
--
Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer
You're right in what you say, but at least here in the UK, stereotypes - at
least in the bosses' eyes - still rule.
I was a techie/systems programmer back in the seventies/early eighties, in the
days of wood-burning, steam-powered computers. I switched allegiance to Macs in
the mid eighties, and have remained a Mac techie ever since. As a frustrated
artist, and keen photographer, I found the whole Mac experience tremendous, so
I became a user as well, rather than a pure techie. I am still, despite having
just turned 60, a graphic designer in a large company which is very Windows
orientated (despite most of IT dep't having a Mac at home).
IT leave it to me to look after our small establishment of 5 Macs, which is no
great hassle, and I still enjoy stretching CS5 (just received) and CS3 to the
limit;- well, it's more a case of exploring all of it's capabilities, rather
than stretching them.
But people still seem amazed to find a designer who knows, understands & loves
Macs - or from the other point of viw, a techie who knows, understands & loves
design, typography &c.
Seems they've got it fixed in their heads you can be one or the other, bit not
both.
Best to all,
Ted
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