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by swiley 1912 days ago
I wonder if this will work out any better than the "computer" classes that teach people to use MS Word (do you really need a class on this?) instead of something they could actually use like an understanding of relational algebra.
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What do people use more often to get work done. MS Word or relational algebra?
MS Word, but it pays much less well.

But, por que no los dos? Sure, teach MS Word, and also teach relational algebra.

Purely because they don't know any relational algebra. If they knew both they wouldn't use Word.
I can know as much relational algebra as I like, but I just had a fun interaction with a set of lawyers (in my day-to-day life business, not work) where the Word skills were still necessary.
Those computer classes were actually really useful for me, let me explore power point and was a way to make a video game within PowerPoint, which was super cool.