[Tfug] CIS faculty at PCC west disavow existence of Linux classes

[James Blanford]

I went in to talk to Dave Druml about taking his "C" programming class.
It was obvious he didn't want to bother paying any attention to
prospective students.  He barely spoke beyond grunts except to announce
firmly that he could make no special accomodations for any student. Mind
 you I wasn't asking for any accomodation, but he obviously wasn't
 paying any attention to what I was saying.  He was just responding to
 key words that penetrated through his academic haze.

The only other things he said were rather curious:

1)  Harry McGregor was not a member of the CIS department and no one was 
teaching any Linux classes at Pima.  I guess this guy is so threatened
by Linux he has achieved a special advanced state of denial.

2)  No one could use a Linux computer to do the assignments in his
 class, because he requires assignments to be turned in on a disk
 readable in Windows.  He even argued that one for a couple sentences
 and then gave up and admitted that it would be possible.

3)  The University of Arizona offers no "C" programming class.  I
 don't know, maybe he just isn't aware of anything that happens outside
 of his office.

I think I'm going to complain to the county supervisors.  I'm sick of
sky-high real estate taxes going to pay for a community education system
that arrogantly ignores the educational needs of the citizens.  And I'm
sick of my tax money going to pay for proprietary software products so
that old hacks (not hackers) can stick around and perpetuate the Bill
Gates hegemenoy.

I'm glad I didn't sign up to take that course (why is another rant).
Does anyone here know where I could learn "C" in an emvironment that
isn't hostile towards Linux?

     -  Jim