Subj : Re: Screens Distract Stud
To   : Mike Powell
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Mar 31 2025 06:47:40

-=> Mike Powell wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

 MP> I agree with this if we are talking about electives, or requirements
 MP> like a required Ethics class for Business majors.  I have serious
 MP> doubts about the "well-roundedness" and employability of persons who
 MP> major in some of those fields, though.

Aside: Steve Jobs talked about how a calligraphy class he took helped
shape his desires for a graphical operating system with WYSIWYG apps
and display fonts. If he hadn't taken that class, he says, he wouldn't
have been inspired to go in that direction.

Of course, you could say that just sent him to Xerox PARC to steal their
ideas, but potato, tomato...   :)


 
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