From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f6aa,e1e578817780dac2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f6aa,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: John Hobson Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/08/27 Message-ID: <322317A3.167EB0E7@ceco.ceco.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 176795150 sender: root@ceco.ceco.com (Operator) x-nntp-posting-host: gandhi references: <4u7hi6$s2b@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us> <4uo74j$95p@ns.broadvision.com> <4vtmgu$l00@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> <3222E9FE.167EB0E7@escmail.orl.mmc.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Commonwealth Edison mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada,comp.os.msdos.programmer x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (X11; U; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4c) Date: 1996-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > > Craig Franck wrote: > > I had a professor who used to say "I am here to teach, not entertain!". > > Why the two had to become separated is a mystery to me... > > (S)He's a moron. The best teachers I ever had were the MOST entertaining. > > One was even a former stand-up comedian, and it sure showed. Imagine a > prob/stat class being so interesting that people who aren't even taking > the course come to class! As an undergraduate, I had a professor who was a Southern Baptist minister. His lectures were spellbinding. I also once took a physics class from a Nobel Prize winner. They missed a sure bet by not taping his lectures and selling them as cures for insomnia. -- 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