The most important thing is a GOOD teacher. I don't mean a diploma and memebership in a union. From gradeschool on up to MS, I've had about six good teachers. I've had many instructors that were decent and tech savy. A good teacher will overcome any shortcomings of the books and tools.

Actually I think it was done in the late 70's at one of the shows. Computer Fair or something. Someone was in the cheap tents outside and capturing what people were keyboarding. Jim Warren, I think, reported on it the Intellegent Machines Journal or was the Computer Fair paper?