Board:   [DoveNet] Debate
Subject: Re: A whole new post
From:    poindexter FORTRAN
Date:    Mon Aug 17, 2026 08:35

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-=> Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ni> I had taken summer classes when in college, willingly, becauseI wanted
 Ni> to get classes done and out of the way (particularly, the first couple
 Ni> terms of college calculus - those twowere offered as compressed
 Ni> classes one summer, 5 days a week for a couple months).  The full
 Ni> curriculum wasn't alwaysavailable during the summer, but I was able to
 Ni> take some of them.

I took classes that I didn't have the time/energy for in the school
year. Partly, because my parents didn't want me slagging around and
wanted me working or in classes. I took economics and accounting classes
in the summer, which ended up getting me my first job (I understood
computers and accounting, got a job in a company in IT where no one in
either department knew both)

I took a sanskrit class, too - we had a great junior college nearby with
a great radio station. Made for nice summers.






 PF> And well versed. The testing regimen has focused on succeeding at test
 PF> taking, not critical thinking, arts or music. A society needs well
 PF> rounded, skeptical, critically thinkingadults to thrive - something that
 PF> is contrary to political parties attempting to manipulate the body
 PF> politic.

 Ni> Yeah, it's surprising to me that the school system in the US would be
 Ni> made to not prepare students well, and it seems not enough people
 Ni> complain about it.

 Ni> Nightfox

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