Java @ School : Why Not,What Not, How Not !
An apparent sign of progress and modernity in today's schools is the presence Computer Science in the curricullum. This is true both at the Class X as well as the Class XII level, but perhaps we should stop and ask ourself if this is really necessary at all. I am no Luddite. I work in a multinational software company and have been an very early player ( albeit, a bit player ! no doubt) in the Great Indian Software story. But nevertheless and perhaps because of it I have some very strong views on the way computers are presented in schools today, by well meaning but extremely myopic academicians. There is obviously no doubt or debate that computers are and will be an integral part of the way of life in future ... however that does not mean that each and every individual will be a computer programmer in his or her career. Electricity is a way of life for all of us but does that mean that each and everyone of us has to know the intricacies of the generation and transmission of electric...