Comment This is great (Score 1) 347
I work in a High School here in Ottawa which is 99% mac based. We have been lobbying for both the adoption of PCs and Macs for several years now. The excuses we have recieved from the board IT department are mostly unfounded through to plainly silly.
One of the main reasons I am pushing for the adoption of Linx (even PPCLinux) at the school is simply the fact that we are in Ottawa, the silicon valley of the north. Nortel hires many of our top students. However, having suffered through what passes for a modern computer education in school, I know Nortel isn't hiring the kids because of what they learned in school. After five years of computers, I can safely say that every single minute was a complete waste of my time.
Placing Linux in schools makes sense. It is free, which is a big thing for Ontario School Boards nowadays. Besides, education is a democratic freedom, it only makes sense to use Linux. And ideally, the IT department and teachers should know how to use it (realisitcally, they don't, but that is poor hiring practices mixed with sub-standard pay). But most of all there is the shere amount of computer knowledge one aquires using Linux. And, from experience, there is no reason why a motivated 13 yearold cannot pick up something as Linux.
Why patronize them with typing classes when they are going home and script-kidding boxes? Put the information generation to use I say, teach them what they need to know...
One of the main reasons I am pushing for the adoption of Linx (even PPCLinux) at the school is simply the fact that we are in Ottawa, the silicon valley of the north. Nortel hires many of our top students. However, having suffered through what passes for a modern computer education in school, I know Nortel isn't hiring the kids because of what they learned in school. After five years of computers, I can safely say that every single minute was a complete waste of my time.
Placing Linux in schools makes sense. It is free, which is a big thing for Ontario School Boards nowadays. Besides, education is a democratic freedom, it only makes sense to use Linux. And ideally, the IT department and teachers should know how to use it (realisitcally, they don't, but that is poor hiring practices mixed with sub-standard pay). But most of all there is the shere amount of computer knowledge one aquires using Linux. And, from experience, there is no reason why a motivated 13 yearold cannot pick up something as Linux.
Why patronize them with typing classes when they are going home and script-kidding boxes? Put the information generation to use I say, teach them what they need to know...
