[Courses] please reply with what kind of courses are you interested in

[Dan]

> > It was unfortunate that there was little response to the Perl course.
> > <snip>
> > it must have been disheartening for the tutor 

It wasn't as disheartening as you might think. There was a little
discussion in the beginning, so I knew people were out there.

One other person was leading a course at the same time, and since there
was no discussion she asked if anyone was following it. She got over ten
replies. The people are there even if they're not making any noise.

> > and less interesting for the students.

Yes, I think it is. In particular, nobody asked the list any questions,
but I think everyone would have benefitted from some.

But I know that many people follow courses passively, because that's
what I do! We don't always have a lot of time to invest in learning a
new skill, but we can still glean some knowledge by skimming it. It's
not necessarily a lack of discipline: it may be the best use of our
time.

> people who are
> motivated enough to do a course on programming here have also been
> motivated enough to teach themselves.

I think that's true too.

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