Monday May 22, 2006 Seapegasus Blog
Monday May 22, 2006 
This cartoon reminded me... I once went to a class titled "Introduction to computer science for Cooks". Really! Half of the students only showed up for the first lecture to reveal the secret behind the title. I of course came for the hardware and Java programming basics. ;-) After the professor, a crazily self-confident but competent guy, told us the story of his life (from carpenter to university professor!), he deigned to proceed to the ritual of revealing the truth behind the class's name...:
Officially, the class's name is "Introduction to computer science for students of all faculties". So every year, the prof asked the students which faculty they were from. One year it came to pass that about half of the students answered they came from 'Domestic Economy' -- One of the classes in this slot was canceled at the last moment so they spontaneously decided to come here and learn Java. And the prof went "Huh, what's Domestic Economy? Oh that's, like, cooking, right? Whatever, then I'll go teach computer science for cooks." Well, at least his assistants thought it was funny, and when they later created UNIX accounts for the practical sessions, they created two user groups, cooks for the students and chefs for the assistants. And thusly it was done each year, and probably is still done thusly today! :-)
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