Subject: Re: a few dumb questions
From: Scott Johnson (sjohnson@gci.net)
Date: Sat May 04 2002 - 16:06:10 AKDT
The instructor of the Computer Science class over at King Career Center does
a Linux course as part of the class.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "stephen king" <sking@chartercollege.edu>
To: "'KURT BRENDGARD '" <brendgard@yahoo.com>; "stephen king"
<sking@chartercollege.edu>
Cc: <aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: 04 May, 2002 13:10
Subject: RE: a few dumb questions
>
> Sorry, Kurt, I wasn't trying to flame you and I apologize if it seemed
that
> way. On an overall basis, in fact, I kind of agree with several of your
> points. It's just that I've been sitting here growing more and more
> agitated at the comments that some folks were making and it just all
> unloaded when I read "lawsuit" in your e-mail. First, I'm a teacher by
> profession, and a part-time IT person too. Second, I know some of the
folks
> who're entrenched in both the administration and the teaching side of ASD,
> who're "fighting the good fight" against general illiteracy, so I do get
> kinda rankled sometimes by some of the stuff I hear.
>
> Some of the posts I've read say that people have already attempted
projects
> that've failed for one reason or another. If that applies to you, go
ahead
> and delete this e-mail now.
>
> The educational process is a fairly segmented one, for better or for
worse.
> That means you need to be very specific about what you're attempting to
> remedy. If you're looking to give kids exposure to Linux, then ASD's
> bureaucracy is not at all the place to start...how 'bout calling a school
> and offering to let their computer science class(es) tour your facility?
> While they're there you can talk to a teacher who's trained...and might or
> might not actually be good at it...in the art of curriculum development
> about adopting some Linux into their classroom. Their IT department's far
> more likely to allow a Linux box or two in the classroom when a teacher
> wants it than they are with outsiders standing on the street with
"lawsuit"
> flaming out their mouths. Yet another idea would be to actually get
> involved...become a teacher yourself...then you can introduce the
curriculum
> you want (um...yeah...that's a bit on the fantasy-level extreme, but it's
> close enough). Third idea...if the "our kids" are actually your kids, go
in
> with them to school and talk to their teachers. Offer to help out...bring
> in a linux box for the kids to play with. They might say no, in which
case
> you might have cause to rant, but even then try to consider the issue from
> the (overworked, underpaid) teacher's side too before you go off on 'em.
>
> If the bureaucracy is your target...run for School Board, folks. If you
> think it can be done better, by all means try your hand at it. I'd vote
for
> you, but I can't, as I live in Wasilly. That is, however, why the system
is
> the way it is, and it's far less expensive for the school district to have
a
> change of power from the electoral process than for it to have to fight an
> expensive lawsuit.
>
> Stephen
>
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