Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!husc6!ogccse!blake!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!shuksan!scott From: scott@shuksan.UUCP (Scott Moody) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Learning Ada Summary: smarter generation of students Message-ID: <1502@shuksan.UUCP> Date: 14 Aug 89 20:20:31 GMT Organization: The Boeing Co., BAC MMST, Seattle, WA Lines: 15 I think that the beginning college student today has already had more exposure to programming than any of us. Should we keep them in the past with giving them simple languages to learn or make it harder (in our eyes) on them and provide them with the next generation of languages (eg Ada, etc). Let those students that haven't had exposure take the remedial CS courses, which should be more advanced than the remedial courses of today. Keep advancing the entry level of the beginning courses. Keeping the entry level at the same basic level may not be in the best interest of the more intelligent generation of students and makes advancements in CS technology slower. --scott