"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
4625506.kSDfIIqZ2X@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 8/21/06 12:53 PM:
>>>>> Ah, fascinating stuff. I was hoping we'd seen the back of Snit, but
>>>>> clearly the call of linux is too much for him...
>>>>>
>>>> The school I do the most tech work for now is a Mac / Windows / Linux
>>>> school... in that order, but I do run all three, depending on the needs of
>>>> the school. Who knows, over time I may give Linux a bigger role... if it
>>>> does well in my test-bed.
>>>>
>>>> Why would this be anything other than good news for Linux advocates?
>>>
>>> Schools must stop to teach corporate-bound tools/languages/software. Just
>>> as you teach people to drive a car, which is a generic skill that is
>>> associated with no hidden agendas, bias, and lockins.
>>
>> Can you be more concrete with what you mean?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/zhwc4
The author suggests you talk about your skills in non-specific terms (not
mentioning the specific software, only the class of software) in not only
résumés but also in *curriculum*, so as to make it harder for employers and
students to get, well, information they might want to know... and to do this
to support off-brand software... um, that is silly.
While knowing, say, Gimp may be useful, it is not the same thing as knowing
Photoshop. I teach a Dreamweaver class; it would be absurd to not tell
students up front what software they will be learning. Heck, the college
also has a FrontPage class - students pick and choose which they prefer (the
Dreamweaver class is *far* more popular).
--
? Teaching is a "real job"
? The path "~/users/username/library/widget" is not common on any OS
? The term "all widgets" does not specify a specific subgroup of widgets
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