Innocent student: "Is <*strong> a valid XHTML 1.0 tag?"
Professor or Teaching Assistant, take your pick: "I don't think so. Actually, I'm not sure. I'll have to go check and e-mail you."
ARGH!
On 9/7/05, Nick Gleitzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 8 Sep 2005, at 8:59 AM, Craig Rippon wrote:
> by-the-by: I am a web development student at Yeronga TAFE college in
> Brisbane, Australia. One of my instructors has never heard of DOCTYPE,
> refuses to put tags in lowercase and also refuses to close <p>, 'cause
> they don't need to be closed.
Which just goes to prove the (cynical) old saw: 'Those that can, do.
Those that can't, teach.'
Seriously, this is a good example of how important it is that tertiary
education the world over keeps its curriculum up to speed with what's
happening in the real world. Difficult, I know, given the
administrative behemoths that are responsible for govt-run education -
but as a student, if your course is not up to scratch, you should
complain - in writing - to the highest power that you can. Maybe your
local MP? It may take years for change to come about, and probably
won't help you, but it may help the students down the line...
N
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