help - minor dilemma
Jecel Assumpcao Jr.
jecel at merlintec.com
Fri Feb 11 13:45:03 UTC 2000
Ken collins wrote:
> 3) I am VERY interested in experiences of TEACHING ST to students ranging
> from grades 7 to 12. I am preparing to replace the current "computer"
> teacher here: this is his last quarter. He is also the C++/VB/Access guy who
> is convinced that ST is a funky dead end road (see the BET in #2 above)!!!
> He has expressed that he would be "disappointed" if I were to start teaching
> ST when he leaves. After all, he has sparked interest among students in MS
> ACCESS and VBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my.... :)
I'll be very interested in hearing your experience with ST and kids. Remember:
that is what it was originally created for.
Tell your predecessor to look at history:
September 1992 - the cover of Byte Magazine asks "Is Unix Dead?". The
experts agreed that it had missed the boat.
They didn't imagine Linux.
from 1998 on - Linux fever shakes the world
1995 - experts agree that Self is dead and Smalltalk would soon follow
since Java is unstoppable. They didn't imagine Squeak.
You can trust me on this ;-)
-- Jecel
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