Randall wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] Odd (to me) addressing question' on Tue, Sep 21 at 16:54:
Danny,
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 14:42, Danny Sauer wrote:
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Picture a whole computer lab full of those keyboards. Then picture the students using them being 1) computer illiterate and 2) at a community college. Now picture the nightmare for the admin running those labs. "Sometimes the 'k' key types an 'l'", etc...
How realistic is the picture of a community college lab full of "computer illiterate" students?
Have I come unstuck in time again? I was sure it was 2004...
Well, I left 5 years ago, so this was > 5 years ago. Also, this was the nursing/biology/physical education wing. In general, I'm not big on stereotypes - but you don't exactly get the cream of the crop in those programs at a community college, in general. The staff wasn't much better, for that matter. :) Trust me. They were pretty consistently computer illiterate. Actively malicious people don't do the kinds of things I saw in those labs. Now, running the *nix lab wasn't too bad, since the wannabe hax0rs at the community college usually aren't very good. But those PE people. OMG. "Is it plugged in?" *sigh* --Danny