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From: elg@usl.UUCP (Eric Lee Green)
Newsgroups: net.cse
Subject: Re: What should CS teach?
Message-ID: <964@usl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Oct-86 12:53:01 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  8 12:53:01 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 13-Oct-86 01:06:05 EDT
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Reply-To: elg@usl.UUCP (Eric Lee Green)
Organization: USL, Lafayette, La.
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In article <4613@gatech.EDU> gtf@gatech.UUCP writes:
>
>In article <1598@tektools.UUCP> barbaraz@tektools.UUCP (Barbara Zanzig) writes:
>>In article <929@usl.UUCP> elg@usl.UUCP (Eric Lee Green) writes:
>>> 3) Accounting: ...
>>> 4) English and History: ...
>>
>>I have a feeling these suggestions are going to create quite a discussion!
>>
>>I would add to the English requirement: lots and lots of English
>>composition.  I see English lit. as helping develop a well-rounded
>>person, but I've found my writing skills indispensable to my work.  I

>good course in public speaking?)  I don't know how many technical
>people I have seen who couldn't communicate their ideas (no matter
>how good the ideas are) to others.

>As far as the accounting courses go: these have no place in a computer
>science program.  Maybe they belong in a data processing program geared 
>toward business applications.  However, as an undergraduate, I did take
>a couple of accounting courses (by choice) and I have found them very
>useful in everyday life.  

Agreed. Accounting isn't computer science, it is one of those things
like history or English which is very VERY useful in The Real World...
for example, right now I am running a small business, and if I hadn't
taken some Accounting courses, I'd have a much bigger problem figuring
out what my profits, losses, expenses, etc. were...
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      Eric Green {akgua,ut-sally}!usl!elg
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