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From: draves@harvard.ARPA (Richard Draves)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: computer science and carpentry in high school
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Date: Wed, 2-Jan-85 16:58:21 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  2 16:58:21 1985
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> ...  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