Spelling, History, Arithmetic, and two study periods? That’s a light class schedule if ever I heard one. Even in elementary school, I remember having English, Science, Music, Arithmetic, Social Studies, and Art — plus recess!
sadly that is what happens in almost all of life. you check what you want and you get what they give you. you sign up for certain things and the final package is something else.
Yeah, I remember taking the computer programming classes in college in the early 80’s. BASIC, Fortran, COBOL, hated them all. I can remember by Fortran professor saying over and over “someone will figure out a way to have a computer talk to people in simple ways, instead of this falderal. And they will be fantastically wealthy”. Windows was a couple years away.
Back in ’69 you probably would have learned to program COBOL (for business) or FORTRAN (for scientific applications) using punch cards, and computers took up an entire room.
Unless you learned to program in assembly or machine language you never learned how to program a computer. What you learned was how to write a program that a computer could used.
Forget the specific classes. You sign up for what you want in life and you get what you need – whether you realize it or not. A life lesson, not a school or computer lesson…
legaleagle48 about 8 years ago
Spelling, History, Arithmetic, and two study periods? That’s a light class schedule if ever I heard one. Even in elementary school, I remember having English, Science, Music, Arithmetic, Social Studies, and Art — plus recess!
iafletch about 8 years ago
A lesson to take into your adult life.sigh
orinoco womble about 8 years ago
She picked up the adult nightschool brochure by mistake.
JohnFarson19 about 8 years ago
She would have got a D- in all of those other classes anyway.
Andrew Capp about 8 years ago
I’ve avoided disappointment by always having low expectations.
Chad Cheetah about 8 years ago
Who’s that?
Robert Nowall Premium Member about 8 years ago
If she’d a-gotten computer programming back when this first came out, she might be a billionaire today.
coreym5 about 8 years ago
That first schedule sounds like a great summer camp.
johndifool about 8 years ago
A Sudbury-style school would allow her to take all such classes…
rmevans53 about 8 years ago
Computer programming involved punch cards. – Dont drop your punch cards….
Saddenedby Premium Member about 8 years ago
sadly that is what happens in almost all of life. you check what you want and you get what they give you. you sign up for certain things and the final package is something else.
Sparkyfan111 about 8 years ago
Let that be a lesson to the electorate.
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl about 8 years ago
Folk guitar, stained glass art and natural foods workshop all sound like something typical of that era (late 60s).
I can’t see her signing up for shoemaking. She doesn’t like wearing shoes.
ellisaana Premium Member about 8 years ago
My husband said, in the army they always asked “How would you like your eggs?” but they only served them scrambled.
Guilty Bystander about 8 years ago
Welcome to life, kid. It won’t get better.
PapaH Premium Member about 8 years ago
…just like the Army, as I recall.
Teto85 Premium Member about 8 years ago
Two study periods? She must be special.
Number Three about 8 years ago
Read the fine print, Patty!
xxx
JohnFarson19 almost 8 years ago
Yeah, I remember taking the computer programming classes in college in the early 80’s. BASIC, Fortran, COBOL, hated them all. I can remember by Fortran professor saying over and over “someone will figure out a way to have a computer talk to people in simple ways, instead of this falderal. And they will be fantastically wealthy”. Windows was a couple years away.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 8 years ago
Well PP welcome to Life!
knight1192a almost 8 years ago
’69. Wow, I figured this was at least ’89.
neatslob Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Back in ’69 you probably would have learned to program COBOL (for business) or FORTRAN (for scientific applications) using punch cards, and computers took up an entire room.
wjones almost 8 years ago
Unless you learned to program in assembly or machine language you never learned how to program a computer. What you learned was how to write a program that a computer could used.
scyphi26 almost 8 years ago
The school probably doesn’t even have the facilities for teaching most of those subjects, let alone offer classes for them.
ootey over 6 years ago
Forget the specific classes. You sign up for what you want in life and you get what you need – whether you realize it or not. A life lesson, not a school or computer lesson…