[GRLUG] Linux @ school.

[Jesse Munroe]

Hey Jorge,

Where are the dual boot pc's at KCTC?  I attend KCTC and I haven't seen one,
except for the one I built in PcTech class.   KCTC's computer classes are
miles ahead of anything offered at public schools.  I would reccomend them
to any student who loves technology.  Its alot better than public school,
(and when I say public school, I'm talking about GR Public, where I go)

The students that I know who go to KCTC are far better with computers than
people who don't go to KCTC.  However, these are all high school kids and
not everyone is going to be a computer whiz.

On 9/27/06, Jorge La <weeneedhelp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's the view of someone who actully *goes* to public school: It Fails.
> I have 3 AP classes, 1 science, and 2 required classes. I can (hopefully)
> give an unbias view of the education system.
>
> First of all, half of the people in public schools (at least where i live)
> aren't really motivated at all and for financial reasons, counsolers
> *Recommend* them to take PE and "bussy work" classes where they can get a
> higher score instead of a slightly challenging classes. My AP History class
> got cancled 2 weeks into the year because they needed the seats for a bussy
> work class. (I origionally signed up for 6 AP classes, but, Surprise! not
> enough funding for 6 AP classes at school, but their seems to be enough
> funding for 18 Gym classes every day.)
>
> The computer classes are Extremely simple (*point* *click* *done). HTML,
> is teached threw DreamWeaver-the students never learn the HTML itself. Same
> thing with programming which is taught on VB. No A++ exists. I'm schedured
> for an "Introduction to Technology" class next semester. Do you think i need
> to learn about Spywear?
>
> Ugh, i'll just stop here and sum it up this way: School doesn't challenge
> the elite, and it doesn't push the unmotivated.
>
> Also, OOo would be great at school, but, OOo needs more development. I was
> trying to do my Stats homework last week on OOo and found that the 4 step
> way of making a Histogram on Excel is Much faster and easier OOo.
>
> btw, KCTC has dual boot PCs with Linux and XP on them, but, the majority
> of people I know that goes to KCTC for computers dont know a thing besides
> *point* and *click*.
>
> :-/
>
>
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