> In article <[log in to unmask]>, "Roger H. Levy"
> <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >I'm trying to determine the value of the introductory programming course
> >taught at my son's high school.  They use an HP-3000 to teach Basic and
> >something called "Reflection."  Since my son has already written Visual
> >Basic programs, ...
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This message will not answer you question, this is just a complaint about
schools. Your son is a lot more likely to learn something useful than the
"keyboarding" class my son is taking in his high school that is really a
typing class in disguise. They use a DOS program that emulates a typewriter
which prevents using backspace and enforcing hitting <enter> at the end of
each line! They are also forbidden to run Windows, even after finishing the
assigned work.

Regards,
Richard Gambrell