[NTLUG:Discuss] Corel donates Linux to DISD

[al]

al wrote:
> 
> Kathleen Weaver wrote:
> >
> > I don't have that choice.  You see, we have a district final (yes, and that
> > was my choice too), and based on Visual Basic.
> >
> > It would not be fair for a student to attend Samuel High School, then
> > transfer to Hillcrest and find we are doing something totally different.  I
> > wish we had a state standard, as I get kiddos all the time who have been
> > learning Pascal, and can't cope with the class.
> >
> > >Why not try a nice little scripting language?  Tcl/Tk would be my
> > >choice.  Straightforward, C like syntax, and *free*.
> 
> what about an extra credit sideline to the class in OSS languages?
> Perhaps a python club, to make it interesting you could call it
> "The Snake Pit".:-)
> It would be a selling point for the school to have "extras"


get a Linux Journal Subscription for the class and 
see what shakes loose ;~}
Nudge, Nudge.....Know what I mean....Say-no-more...
How will they know what they are missing other wise?



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aal