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- From: pfaffman@pilot.njin.net (Jay Pfaffman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,misc.education,soc.college
- Subject: Re: Computer Science Programs
- Message-ID: <Aug.20.17.27.32.1992.16478@pilot.njin.net>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 21:27:32 GMT
- References: <k1HePB1w164w@tosh.UUCP> <1992Aug14.230223.17066@athena.mit.edu> <1992Aug15.031756.24965@athena.mit.edu> <1992Aug15.02132.10817@ms.uky.edu>
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- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- borders@ms.uky.edu (Johnny Borders) writes:
-
- [stuff about CS grads not knowing how to turn on a PC or print envelopes
- on a NeXT]
- Perhaps strangely, knowing how to turn on a PC or use software isn't really
- what CS is about. It's about how to use machines to most efficiently
- manipulate information.
-
- > I took a course in graphics which was nothing but introduction
- >to X Windows. If that's what it was, why didn't they call it that? Sheesh.
-
- If it was how to use X-windows from a user's standpoint, you have
- valid complaint. If it talked about how it was designed & why it was
- designed that way, then you did better than I did. My graphics course
- covered how to use a FORTRAN graphics library on a Tektronix terminal.
-
- >I'm sure people that are really into computers do well, but those that go into
- >computers with no preconceived notions or prior education/training/experience
- >in computers will get a degree in C.S., virtually clueless about how the
-
- I felt that way too. Now those people make 3 times what I do &
- probably *still* don't know what a printer cable looks like. (I'm a
- high school teacher now & wonder if I'd rather play with computers for
- more money than I get for playing with kids. . .)
-
- >Just an opinion.. <hopefully no one from UK reads this!>
- Uh. I think there's a FAQ that talks about this. :-)
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