Comments on: A lost art http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/02/26/a-lost-art/ Trading social skills for technical prowess since 1994 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:35:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jon http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/02/26/a-lost-art/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Jon Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:46:03 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/02/26/a-lost-art/#comment-553 No, I think your point is not that computer science is a lost art, it is that education itself is a lost art. My Diction for Singers professor, Dr. Galer, insisted that I use the book's answers on tests because we were "going by the text." I had answered the questions based on the principles I'd learned in class rather than the book's pat answers, and got them "wrong," when in fact the book was inaccurate. I remember one time I tried to correct her pronunciation of the "open E" vowel, and for some reason she must have thought I was talking about a specific E in the context of a word, because she asserted that she had been to Italy and knew more about the language than me! My correction was against her false representation of the vowel itself, under the umbrella of the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is not restricted to any one language. I have struggled myself with the motivation to learn; often video games and other more immediately appealing distractions grab my attention. Several professors at IWU were a bit disappointed in my apparent lack of devotion to my studies, especially Dr. Kindley. I'm still learning to be a student. No, I think your point is not that computer science is a lost art, it is that education itself is a lost art. My Diction for Singers professor, Dr. Galer, insisted that I use the book’s answers on tests because we were “going by the text.” I had answered the questions based on the principles I’d learned in class rather than the book’s pat answers, and got them “wrong,” when in fact the book was inaccurate. I remember one time I tried to correct her pronunciation of the “open E” vowel, and for some reason she must have thought I was talking about a specific E in the context of a word, because she asserted that she had been to Italy and knew more about the language than me! My correction was against her false representation of the vowel itself, under the umbrella of the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is not restricted to any one language.

I have struggled myself with the motivation to learn; often video games and other more immediately appealing distractions grab my attention. Several professors at IWU were a bit disappointed in my apparent lack of devotion to my studies, especially Dr. Kindley. I’m still learning to be a student.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/02/26/a-lost-art/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Cathy Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:06:32 +0000 http://www.chrishowie.com/2007/02/26/a-lost-art/#comment-548 I understand. Did we "ruin" you for regular school? I know I'm "ruined" for teaching in regular classrooms. love, m I understand. Did we “ruin” you for regular school? I know I’m “ruined” for teaching in regular classrooms. love, m

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