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Re: New Civil Engineer letter
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:56:50 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Simon Bennett writes:
> Hi Larry.
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> Correct me if I misunderstand but you appear to be saying that the Lego
> idioms are quicker to learn than for the other construction toys. We also
> appear to agree that the writers perception is wrong.
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> Do you support me attempting to correct it?
Yes, very much so! I think it would be a great idea to do so!
What I am trying to say is that if you understand why the writer has the
perception he does, and counteract it, I think your letter will be much more
powerful. I think I see why he does, because, like I said, novice builders
DO tend to build weak things.
Jen dug up the doc I was thinking of (which was brilliant of her, thanks
muchly!!! It ought to be on the Technic front page, everyone ought to go
read it). A course that teaches this stuff and that doesn't use the Duplo
predigested sets (which don't suffer from weakness since they were designed
specially for this) ought to first start out with a quick overview of how to
build strong things and what the principles and idioms are. That would
counteract this criticism... and make for better education overall. As well
as more fun for the kids.
Helps?
++Lar
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| (...) Very much so, except my home PC is useless and I'm not allowed to download files at work so I can't get the document (plus I've never done an FTP before and I don't really understand it (I'm a Civil Engineer not an IT specialist, dammit!) I'll (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Hi Larry. Correct me if I misunderstand but you appear to be saying that the Lego idioms are quicker to learn than for the other construction toys. We also appear to agree that the writers perception is wrong. Do you support me attempting to (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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