I am head of the mathematics department at Eton College in the U.K. Your article "New Ways to Learn" (March) is arguably the most important information the magazine has published in all the time I have been reading it. It not only was clear and inspiring but also dealt with fundamental issues of long-term importance rather than the necessarily ephemeral things that new technology is usually about.
I don't like the implications of "just-in-time" learning. Maybe most employees are a kind of robo-extension to their employers, consumables to be thrown away when no longer useful. However, there is life outside work, and education is about that life as much as it is about employment.
I hope that we can look forward to regular updates on this vital theme.
John C. Puddefoot
pudepied@dircon.co.uk
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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