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by sthreet 4121 days ago
Time to complain about my school. Our "computer" classes consisted of learning to: type, format word, type in a spreadsheet, format powerpoint (in a way that I think powerpoint is unnecessary for), one week total of messing around in garage band, one week of typing out the exact lines of html, copying instructions for dreamweaver.

EDIT: And then we do 'job' stuff in that class. Including making resumes that include our ability to use basic microsoft/adobe programs. I could have learned to do that without a manual or internet before the class. I can learn way more with internet just messing around in photoshop/gimp every once in a while.

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It is time to put the science back into Computer Science and have it in Middle School and High School. My school district computer classes are business classes and the teachers need business degrees.