Hi all,<br><br>Catching up on a lot of "free reading".... <br><br>Greg, I love what you said. Its too true.<br><br>Algot, I haven't forgotten and I really want to start doing more work on it. After the holidays and in the new year. <br>
<br>And this article from LWN.net was an interesting read (well I usually like all the articles). Last paragraph touched on education sector.....<br><br>Best Holiday Wishes,<br>Rio<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Aaron Haviland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:orion@parsed.net">orion@parsed.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Greg Rundlett wrote, on Dec 11, 2008 at 09:17 EST:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> On Wednesday 10 December 2008 10:10:09 pm Aaron Haviland wrote:<br>
> > Mike Rushton wrote, on Dec 10, 2008 at 10:59 EST:<br>
> > > <a href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_Stop_holding_our_kids_back" target="_blank">http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_Stop_holding_our_kids_back</a><br>
> > ><br>
> > > Please digg this to bring awareness to the complete and utter ignorance! You have<br>
> > > no idea how infuriated I am right now after reading this. Teachers like this need<br>
> > > to be dope slapped across the forehead like nobody's business, fired and put through<br>
> > > school all over again, starting with kindergarten to learn how to listen.<br>
> ><br>
> > Dunno, I'm unfazed, unsurprised. This seems normal behaviour for many people. That's<br>
> > why we need to keep pushing, and educating them.<br>
><br>
> I feel that too many "advocates" in the comments of the article attack the teacher. As<br>
> free software advocates, I feel we will gain much more by careful explanation and<br>
> instruction -- making new friends. In other words, our job is to teach the teacher, not<br>
> to make her an adversary. That starts with an empathy for the values and beliefs of the<br>
> "student", and finishes when the student gains a new understanding of the values and<br>
> beliefs and knowledge of the free software community.<br>
><br>
> Put another way, She never considered herself an adversary to Free Software, but "we"<br>
> labeled her that. And by attacking her (even saying she should be fired, or tarred and<br>
> feathered etc.), "we" create an adversary. It would be better to allow her to<br>
> understand our perspective and our knowledge (starting by understanding hers - since<br>
> that allows us to precisely identify her misconceptions). Done this way, we create an<br>
> ally. I'm not willing to "convict" this woman as a bad teacher based on the single<br>
> incident which displays that she is not a technology-savvy person.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Well said, Thank you.<br>
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