Michael Forster <mike@sharedlogic.ca> wrote:
> Funny word that, "experience."  My late Judo teacher used to talk
[snip]

Interesting that this "hit them over the head" metaphor has brought out a Judo reference!

Are there any other martial arts aficionados (past- or present-) Judo or otherwise out there?

My confession / plug: http://maaml.blogspot.com

-- Dan


> 
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Michael Forster <mike@sharedlogic.ca> 
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Grant Rettke <grettke@acm.org> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Neil Van Dyke <neil@neilvandyke.org> 
> wrote:
> >>> Random people with Web pages about Scheme, like myself, can also do 
> our part
> >>> to point people in the right direction:
> >>
> >> Have you found some successful ways to communicate, or convince,
> >> experienced programmers that there is something for them to learn 
> with
> >> HtDP?
> >>
> >> Most "experienced programmers" tend to be convinved that there is
> >> nothing left to learn but new APIs and frameworks.
> >
> > Funny word that, "experience."  My late Judo teacher used to talk
> > about the difference between "20 years' worth of experience" and "one
> > year's worth, repeated 20 times over."
> >
> > Mike
> >
> 
> I should clarify, as I just did to someone who replied off-list, that
> I didn't mean to imply that one measure was better.  My teacher was
> simply asking us to consider the _difference_.  And, perhaps, that any
> amount of experience can be a hindrance in some instances.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
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