Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxj!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!draves From: draves@harvard.ARPA (Richard Draves) Newsgroups: net.college Subject: Re: computer science and carpentry in high school Message-ID: <238@harvard.ARPA> Date: Wed, 2-Jan-85 16:58:21 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.238 Posted: Wed Jan 2 16:58:21 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Jan-85 04:49:32 EST References: <398@hou2b.UUCP> Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 18 > ... i'm > just glad some carpenters didn't feel the need to define woodworking > as a basic skill and force it into the high school curriculum. > however, i also think that its nice that my high school did have > woodworking shop for people who were interested in it. > danny chen > ihnp4!hou2b!dwc My junior high school *did* require woodworking, along with metalworking, cooking, sewing, etc. In any case, I feel kids should be taught to program whether or not they will use it, because it is good training for their minds. Most people never use any math but the most basic arithmetic. Daily life requires only the most rudimentary literacy; look at how many illiterate people survive undetected. Rich