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To: ManyMoose who wrote (307155)5/27/2009 12:33:36 PM
From: skinowski  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793801
 
I took shop class in grade school two years, and I still remember and use virtually everything that I learned there.

I can't say the same about any other class that I took in seventeen years of education.

Ditto. Agree 100%. I read the essay in the New Atlantis, planning to get the book. The guy seems to have his head screwed on right.

Also, he does a good job pointing out problems with stultification of "knowledge workers". Study the modus operandi by an expert, program it - and mechanize.

thenewatlantis.com



To: ManyMoose who wrote (307155)5/27/2009 6:45:04 PM
From: SteveinTX  Respond to of 793801
 
"I can't say the same about any other class that I took in seventeen years of education."

Have to agree, with one significant addition: I still use basic algebra and trig functions on many home projects.


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