[geeks] Q: Regarding Linux in K-12 education

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jan 18, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Mike Meredith <very at zonky.org> wrote:

> You might want to invite said person to try teaching R to some pupils
> to see what kind of reaction he gets :)

He already met with the Superintendent, the curriculum director, and  
the curriculum committee of the board, and they were underwhelmed (to  
say the least), some described it as a train wreck. We are reluctant  
to let him at students (I think teachers might be good/fun!)

> I still remember the stunned look of horror History and Sociology
> students had when they came out of their first statistics/minitab/vax
> workshop after they realised they had a whole year of it ahead of  
> them!

I can imagine!

Lionel