[plug] Linux in _home_ education

[Darrell Horrocks]

Another VERY valid point for most home-schoolers is the price.  I know you are not
very likely to forget this one, but for those parents who are homeschooling, cheap
is very often the best.

Garry also raises the point of learning basic scripting.  More than that, you can
focus on self-teaching, where you have to do your own research (web, books, etc)
to fix problems.  Most homeschooling parents like to let their children learn by
experience.

Let us know which magazine it's in Leon, and where we can get it.  Been looking
for something like this for a while.

Regards

Darrell

Leon Brooks wrote:

> Garry wrote:
>
> > Every good education should probably include getting hooked on nicotine,
> > hurried exploratory sex and some boxing practice.
>
> I dunno... I've never seen ``good education'' defined as one which tends
> to help you to die young and painfully, if not at the hands of some
> outraged parent then of slow poisoning or some malignant disease... mind
> you, your suggestions do parallel public schooling as I've experienced
> it, quite closely.
>
> > But getting some elementary programming in before it is "too hard", even if
> > only in scripts or even html.
>
> I'll have to cover children who will never be interested in computing as
> such, as well, but suggestions like this are still useful because
> they'll occasionally bring some obvious point to mind that I would
> otherwise have missed completely, to my unending dismay.
>
> > Not learning the "M$ way", becoming familiar with non windows machines would
> > be an excellent start too. If Linux is to grow, it is easier to teach
> > youngsters the best way before, rather than trying to undo the damage later
> > on.
>
> This is why Microsoft works so hard to penetrate universities. One of
> the big boons in home education is children learning to do things
> without constant prompting, and without endless regimentation and
> clock-watching. Most Linux distros come with a large variety of
> development tools, and even the applications almost always come with a
> ``plug-in'' facility of some kind. But perhaps the most important lesson
> is that there are many ways to program around a cat?
>
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