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If you were in charge of Education

Name: Anonymous 2005-08-17 18:17

What would you change about pre-college schooling?  For example, what classes would you offer prior to college?

Philosophy
Sociology
Game theory
Physics
Business management
Stock market/real estate
Calculus
Computer hardware
Programming
Electronics
Logic
Study techniques
Vocabulary
Chaos theory
Quantum physics
Overview of everything in existence

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-23 21:28

All I have to say is that we should teach kids about computers and programming using some 6502 based computer. Modern computers are too complex for the average teenager to understand completely (as in what each register does, etc), but an 8-bit CPU is simple enough that any high schooler can learn the ins and outs of it within a year or two. Personally, I believe that you can't write good high-level code until you understand assembler and the nature of your target machine, so program in 6502 ASM as well, none of that BASIC bullshit.

Additionally, by working on such an old machine, you limit the chances of students spending their entire period browsing the internet and playing Quake with each other.

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