Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English) (03/12/91)
Andrew C. Esh writes in a message to All ACE> My point is that I think it is important for your students to ACE> learn self reliance, by first learning to work with a raw system ACE> that has few limitations rather than come to depend on a limited ACE> system which they will eventually outgrow. In my own less-than-humble-opinion, you have that bass-ackward: the student needs hand-holding until she learns confidence. THEN she can go to the larger system. Properly designed instruction doesn't include teaching someone to swim by throwing them into the ocean... Lawson -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!300!15.88!Lawson.English Internet: Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org