[Info-vax] And another one bites the dust....

Dave Froble davef at tsoft-inc.com
Sun Feb 20 00:17:26 EST 2022


On 2/19/2022 11:02 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 2/19/22 21:07, Dan Cross wrote:

Bit of a trim of the old stuff needed ...

To me, a university is there to teach a person how to think and learn.

When my son started school, he asked "what type of job should I learn to do?". 
My reply was "You aren't going to learn a job.  You're going there to learn how 
to learn, and think, and to learn about the world that you haven't seen yet."

As to teaching Cobol, learning computer languages should be a part of 
university, if the student chooses.  I had a semester of Cobol when I was in 
school, maybe 50 some years ago.

What I would not agree with is misinformation.  If a professor is misleading 
students based upon his/her own bias about how the world should be run, well, 
that's dishonest, and it should be "former professor".

As for skills, to me is seems it always comes down to OJT.  No school is going 
to teach exactly what a particular employer needs.  Some basics, and how to 
learn, yes.  Details, no.

As an example, I was taught about linked lists.  I wasn't taught about what I 
needed them for, that came later on the job.  The school taught the concept, the 
job taught the need and design.


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