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   FoolishOwl (foolishowl@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 05:49:43 JST FoolishOwl

   I don't know if it's still the case, but my impression is that public schools teach kids about computers either by teaching about programming, or about office software, but not really about system administration. I arguably have a bias, but I think system administration is a more relevant skill for most people than programming.

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 05:49:41 JST silverwizard

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     @foolishowl Schools are afraid of IP addresses because that's Hacking. Schools refuse to teach how Thing Work because they're so afraid of hackers they refuse to teach.

     Maybe I'm just bitter.

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 06:38:04 JST hypolite

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     @silverwizard @foolishowl So far, my school has only been teaching my kid about Google products, not even about computers at all.
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 06:39:05 JST silverwizard

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     @hypolite @foolishowl the fact this got a like is your fault for removing the dislike button ;)
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 07:28:54 JST hypolite

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     @silverwizard It's okay, I know exactly what you meant, the same of which can't be said about the Dislike button!
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     fm2279 (fm2279@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jun-2024 22:50:28 JST fm2279

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     @foolishowl There's zero "computer literacy" instruction happening.

     And Big Tech firms have captured both school curricula and provisioning.

     Source: taught K-12 in between stints as a (senior) software engineer (which nobody had any interest in at all -- covert sales people masquerading as "consultants" drove policy and instruction).

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