[morelisp]

> I have a big red flag that goes against what this post claims... You do NOT want to START a course/topic by predisposing students negatively.

How is this going against what the post claims? It sounds like you are in violent agreement.

> As authors, we could try to head this off with "OK, this technology has a ton of problems... in fact, it's pretty bad, but here we go, let's learn it!" That sets the learner up for demotivation from the start... It's better to describe the good parts, then tell the learner that, unfortunately, ...

[tpoacher]

You are right. I had to re-read the article with fresh eyes, hah! My first reading had left me with the impression that they were keen to introduce all the negative aspects as early as possible for the sake of "neutrality" and "transparency" ... hence my comment. But now that I re-read it, it's probably not the case. D'oh.