Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site uthub.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!utai!uthub!thomson From: thomson@uthub.UUCP (Brian Thomson) Newsgroups: net.college,net.cse Subject: Re: Should Computer Science be taught at the High School level? Message-ID: <194@uthub.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 17:38:27 EST Article-I.D.: uthub.194 Posted: Mon Dec 17 17:38:27 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 18:41:52 EST References: <241@mss.UUCP>, <705@ames.UUCP> Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 11 From Eugene Miya @ ames: > English majors would best be served learning word processing and things like > the Writer's Work Bench. But they need more. No more than they previously needed courses in typing and bookbinding. This notion of universal computer literacy is receiving rather more support than it deserves. -- Brian Thomson, CSRI Univ. of Toronto {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd,utzoo}!utcsrgv!uthub!thomson