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My memory says that spreadsheets go back to the early a1950s and I am pretty sure that the accountant's dream of the three day close is still a dream for most. I tend to agree with your scenario, though; and I have made myself very unpopular at times as I have forced even MBA students to design a spreadsheet on paper before letting them loose on the real thing! Duncan Williamson ---- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Craven" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 1:00 PM Subject: Re: IT in schools > I agree Jim. I was observing lesson in a school not long ago and pupils were > doing a breakeven chart on the computer - easy! I know that they could not > have replicated it in an examination manually and what did it all mean? What > is breakeven, why is it important to know etc? Some teachers are in danger > of using them because the pupils like to use them, it keeps them from > misbehaving and getting bored without any thought to the added value they > should make to learning. > > If I remember correctly spreadsheets, for example, were invented so that > accountants only took 3 days to do the end of year accounts instead of 3 > months? > > Pam > >