From: James Britt Date: 2006-06-13T22:49:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby for Highschoolers? Nicholas Evans wrote: > James Britt wrote: > >> A big part of programming is understanding the world you live in. >> >> There is nothing spooky about the command line, even in Windows. >> >> Don't treat people like children, or they'll start acting like children. >> >> Assume the best, and let them show you otherwise. > > > I suppose I have to agree with you. That said, we *are* children, and we > do act like children (some a good deal more than others). Me too, but even *I* can still use the command line. > > I think one of my school's biggest problems with all of its classes > involving computers is that teachers ignore it when you screw around on > MySpace or Miniclip all class. Students no longer take the class > seriously, and are not there to learn, but to check their e-mail. Of > course, a typical American teenager's (lack of?) desire to learn is a > whole nother topic. Turn off the freakin' Internet access. > ... > I am very grateful to you all for your inputs. I did not anticipate such > an overwhelming response. Well, this is Rubyland. We're responsively overwhelming here. -- James Britt "Take eloquence and wring its neck." - Paul Verlaine