What Scala?

[Georg Wrede]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "bearophile" <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote in message 
> news:gr1l57$vu5$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Nick Sabalausky:
>>> Sounds like most of the CS classes I had in college.<
>> You have to form a little group with few other of the students most 
>> interested in those classes (or you can even act alone), and ask the 
>> teacher to change the style or way, explaining him/her to slow down or 
>> speed up topics. Most teachers if asked kindly are willing to change their 
>> speed, especially if there's enough time to slow down.
>>
> 
> Heh, it's much too late for that. Been out of college for awhile now ;)
> 
> Besides, it probably wouldn't have worked anyway. Most of my classmates had 
> practically zero experience outside of class, so they probably did need that 
> (and don't get me started on the complete ineptitude of the CS *grad* 
> students I met. Hell, even some of the cs phd profs didn't know what the 
> hell they were doing, I have stories about all of that...), whereas I've 
> been coding practically since I learned to read. If there's one thing my 
> school experience taught me, it's that teachers are only interested in 
> focusing on the low-to-mid-range students. The advanced ones are only there 
> to shell out tuition money and act as cheap tutors. They would be far better 
> off saving their time and money by not even going, but they almost *have* to 
> go anyway just because the rest of society (and HR drones in particular) are 
> brainwashed into thinking that there's a direct correlation between 
> academics and competence (if anything, it's slightly inverse - one of the 
> smartest people I know had so much trouble with school he ended up a high 
> school dropout). 

Sigh. Amen to that. :-(
Been there, both as a university teacher, a student, and a job seeker.
It's simply depressing. And I don't even want to get started on this.