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A comment on University of California teachers’ union aims to block online classes. Parent comment

Re:University of California teachers’ union aims to block on... by tlb on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @07:39PM (#3105213)
Many people learn with no teacher at all. From books, for example. Teachers are helpful, but certainly not necessary for learning.
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Re:University of California teachers’ union aims to block on... by jeffreymcmanus on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @10:09PM (#3105706)
Learning from books by yourself is one of the most inefficient ways to learn. This is particularly true for technologists. Very few professionals learn their fields very well in a vacuum -- it always struck me as absurd that software engineers are expected to do so.
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