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From: John Hobson <jhobson@ceco.ceco.com>
Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn
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Date: 1996/08/16
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Steve Heller wrote:
> cjsonnack@mmm.com (Chris Sonnack) wrote:
> >My OVERWHELMING experience as a teacher is that most students learn a
> >thing (any thing) faster and better if they learn the "why" and "how"
> >that's behind it.
>   My experience as a teacher and author also supports this.

"Lurgan taught him how the members of a certain caste ate or sat or
spat and, since the hows of this world matter little, why they did
them in that way." -- Rudyard Kipling, "Kim"

-- 
John Hobson             |Whenever someone says to me,
Unix Support Group      |"Have a nice day", I reply,
ComEd, Chicago, IL, USA |"Sorry, I've made other plans."
jhobson@ceco.ceco.com   |	-- Sir Peter Ustinov