I write for a couple of other blogs and one of them concerns education, specifically technical education and today I got my first comment about something I wrote. Instead of the expected words of encouragement, what I got was some rant about me advocating the burning of books and how could I compare a high school education against a training class for Microsoft certifications (the article is at http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29418 if you want to read my blasphemy).
I understand that not everyone is going to agree with everything that I write, but geez, this guy (or girl possibly…they didn’t have the guts to leave any type of name) basically said that the only way that people should be taught is by reading a book, taking a multiple choice test and that’s it. They got bent all out of shape by the mere suggestion that there maybe another way.
I am torn between being happy that someone is actually reading the blog in question and wanting to defend myself in some way. I guess this is the downside of publishing your thoughts and opinions in the public forum that is the Internet.
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