Re:9 Year Old Girl Becomes Microsoft Certified "Professional"
by atourino on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @09:06AM
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How so?
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Re:9 Year Old Girl Becomes Microsoft Certified "Professional"
by sabat on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @10:22AM
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Because what they're testing (memorized "knowledge") isn't relevant in the real world (where praxis rules).
Re:9 Year Old Girl Becomes Microsoft Certified "Professional"
by seshagiric on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @10:27AM
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The so called "Real World" consists of 80% cram jobs - that are plain routine even a robot could do. Not much of praxis needed/ used in real world.
Not every programmer needs to be a LISP/EMACS hacker.
Re:9 Year Old Girl Becomes Microsoft Certified "Professional"
by kirubakaran on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @05:56PM
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I wouldn't be surprised at all if she turns out to be a Lisp hacker who uses Emacs. Becoming MCP didn't close this avenue for her.