Not every little girl that enjoys programming class will aspire to become a programmer. Not every little boy will either. And that’s ok. But we should be showing them that they can do it if they want to. Because maybe if Barbie had been told that she was just as capable as the boys, she wouldn’t think that she needed Steven and Brian in order to make her game design come to life.
Dominique Danco: Beating the bias: Getting girls into programming (warning: medium.com, take this.)
Unter den heutigen Zuständen in der Fernsehlandschaft würde dieses Format nicht mehr erfunden werden können.
Armin Maiwald in CRE223 Die Sendung mit der Maus
I tried to cover my embarrassment by ranting to the children about Descartes and Euclid.
Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver
(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26
Maar de kern van academisch onderwijs – hét onderscheid tussen een school en een universiteit – is de Bildung, het overdragen van attitudes en vaardigheden dat alleen kan met intensief en face-to-facecontact. Zonder die kern houd je een loze schil over.
We hebben drie maanden lang noodgedwongen online onderwijs gegeven. Akkoord gaan om nog een half jaar zo door te gaan, is akkoord gaan met onszelf overbodig verklaren. Als Den Haag roept dat alles belangrijker is dan hoger onderwijs, is het de plicht van ons allemaal om ze zo hard als we kunnen op hun ongelijk te wijzen.
