Next Year, in the Spring...

Jailbreaker · 03-01-2010, 07:31 PM

I am going to have 3!!! computer-ing classes... EVERY DAY. Computer Graphics 2, Visual Basic Programming, and Web Page Design.

FOR THE WIN.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-03-2010, 07:44 AM

Awesome. Now if only most computer courses weren't geared towards people who don't know anything about computers.

**Valigarmander** · 03-03-2010, 10:48 AM

^ Are you kidding?

That means you just get to goof off all day while the dumb kids are learning how to edit margins in Microsoft Word.

***CaptHayfever*** · 03-03-2010, 02:17 PM

I took an Intro to CS class required for several majors at Truman. We learned programming. Granted, it was just Ada, but still, the computer-illiterate could not have passed.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Pixelated Penguin · 03-14-2010, 01:34 AM

^I would much rather have taken Ada than the Java that's taught in my HS Intro to CS class. A significant number of students in the class have trouble already, though.

**LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT** · 03-17-2010, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Out-of-Control Inflatable Gorilla Fire

Awesome. Now if only most computer courses weren't geared towards people who don't know anything about computers.

don't get me ****ing started on that.

Seriously, I have a GCSE in ICT and a BTEC in IT Practioners, so I know quite a bit about PCs.

However, at the highest level of ICT course I can do (Which I am in atm) the exam was entirely "Make an Excel sheet, and annotate it."

Nearly everyone got A's and B's.

Kargath · 03-17-2010, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Out-of-Control Inflatable Gorilla Fire

Awesome. Now if only most computer courses weren't geared towards people who don't know anything about computers.

Are you referring to short courses?

The uni courses here definitely assume prior knowledge.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-17-2010, 07:37 AM

Not talking about university level, per se.

Auron · 03-23-2010, 09:23 PM

Yeah, at the university level courses, the professors assume you pay for school to teach yourself how to do everything and just sit at the front desk looking like idiots.

...

At least at my college they do....

03-01-2010, 07:31 PM	#1
Jailbreaker Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Not in jail anymore, yay! Gender: Posts: 3,482 Thanks: 1,074 Thanked 185 Times in 118 Posts	Next Year, in the Spring... I am going to have 3!!! computer-ing classes... EVERY DAY. Computer Graphics 2, Visual Basic Programming, and Web Page Design. FOR THE WIN.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Awesome. Now if only most computer courses weren't geared towards people who don't know anything about computers.

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Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^ Are you kidding? That means you just get to goof off all day while the dumb kids are learning how to edit margins in Microsoft Word.

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*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	I took an Intro to CS class required for several majors at Truman. We learned programming. Granted, it was just Ada, but still, the computer-illiterate could not have passed. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

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Pixelated Penguin Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA Gender: Posts: 199 Thanks: 26 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	^I would much rather have taken Ada than the Java that's taught in my HS Intro to CS class. A significant number of students in the class have trouble already, though.

03-17-2010, 07:37 AM	#8
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Not talking about university level, per se.

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Auron Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Inside Gender: Posts: 6,743 Thanks: 5 Thanked 325 Times in 198 Posts	Yeah, at the university level courses, the professors assume you pay for school to teach yourself how to do everything and just sit at the front desk looking like idiots. ... At least at my college they do....