[Lust] Schools rant

[slippifishi]

On 05/10/06, Trevor Jenkins <trevor.jenkins at suneidesis.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Steven Goodwin <steev at tuls.pauken.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 08:27:24AM +0100, Robin Smith wrote:
> >
> > > What they are teaching is not IT but how to do some commercial packages
> > > - very disappointing.
> >
> > It's more disappointing to know that this is not uncommon. Since many
> > employers want "skills with Word" ...
>
> Not only employers but some (all?) of the exam bodies awarding GCSE/AS/A2
> level qualifications are Microsoft-centric.
>

i work in a computer training college - the fact is, people hear the
word Microsoft and they think it assures quality/knowledge.

it's appaling really, we provide maybe 50 courses, of which one or two
>mention< operating systems outside windows, but at that it's only a
paragraph...

maybe when vista comes out with its complicated versioning and high
pricing a few more peeps will be tempted to go the free (or cheaper)
route. and if microsoft could just get their anti-piracy stuff in
order, there wouldnt be so many copies floating about and people might
be >forced< into installing something else...