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- Subject: Re: Info on being a Systems Programmer/Analyst?
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- Date: 2 Apr 1996 14:36:02 GMT
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- Eric J. Lannert (lannert@ils.nwu.edu) wrote:
- : In article <DoM9I1.3F7@presby.edu>, jtbell@presby.edu (Jon Bell) says:
- : >
- :
- : >If you hate doing word problems in math or physics, you'll probably hate
- : >programming once you get beyond learning a programming language itself
- : >and into solving real-world problems. More specifically, you'll hate the
- : >analysis and design that precedes the actual coding of the program.
- : >
- : >--
- : >Jon Bell <jtbell@presby.edu> Presbyterian College
- : >Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA
- :
- : I disagree. In the general sense, math word problems
- : in school were without an authentic context(i.e. real-world problems).
- : I hated every math
- : course I ever had because of the contrived context so many of the problems
- : were presented in. I loved math, but we weren't doing math, we were
- : solving stupid word problems. I took an OR class in
- : college where the professor had us use both math and programming
- : to solve real-world problems, I've been doing it ever since.
- :
- : Don't judge
- : your problem-solving skills or motivation for problem-solving until
- : you've had a chance to do it in an authentic, intrinsically
- : motivating context. Good Luck Stuart.
- :
- : Eric J. Lannert
- : The Institute for the Learning Sciences
- : Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
- : lannert@ils.nwu.edu
-