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From: lfoard@wpi.wpi.edu (Lawrence C Foard)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: was: Don't look back. What about looking east?
Message-ID: <1280@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 11 Mar 89 21:12:45 GMT
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Reply-To: lfoard@wpi.wpi.edu (Lawrence C Foard)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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In article <21572@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> loving@cs.ucla.edu (Mike Loving) writes:
>>lot of stuff about foreign languages deleted
>
>I personally think that it is sad that so few people in the US speak
>ANY foreign language.  I think that requiring two foreign languages for
>a Ph.D. is a bit extreme but I think one would be a good thing.  
>.....

Maybe two computer langauges should be required for a PHD in foriegn
langauge ;) Not every one has equal abilitys in every thing, I really think it
is unfair to deprive some one of the opportunity to use there talents, just
because some one decided it would be a nice idea for every one to know a
foriegn langauge. Before using course requirments as the magic solution to all
the worlds problems consider how you would feel if the only thing standing
between you and what you wanted to do was an arbitrary requirment to do
something you could not do. The sad thing is that the very people who will be
unable to complete an arbitrary set of degree requirments are the very people
who also have a chance to advance the field they are good in. Learning
disabilitys and creativity tend to come together. Although I think it would be
nice if all artists and writers knew how to program I don't go out insisting
that they should be required to do this.


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