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Cultural differences
Aug. 13th, 2013 11:35 amAccording to the article by Paul Graham,
"One of the artifacts of the way schools are organized is that we all get trained to talk even when we have nothing to say. If you have a ten page paper due, then ten pages you must write, even if you only have one page of ideas. Even if you have no ideas. You have to produce something."
By "schools" he obviously means "US schools". Now I see the point, and will understand my american colleagues even better! :)
However there are some good things in it - e.g. I'd prefer a bloated American textbook to a concise Russian one if I have to study something fast up to an intermediate level. (And most German textbooks are IMHO a disaster that takes worst features from both worlds)
"One of the artifacts of the way schools are organized is that we all get trained to talk even when we have nothing to say. If you have a ten page paper due, then ten pages you must write, even if you only have one page of ideas. Even if you have no ideas. You have to produce something."
By "schools" he obviously means "US schools". Now I see the point, and will understand my american colleagues even better! :)
However there are some good things in it - e.g. I'd prefer a bloated American textbook to a concise Russian one if I have to study something fast up to an intermediate level. (And most German textbooks are IMHO a disaster that takes worst features from both worlds)
