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SchoolTool 1.0 released

SchoolTool 1.0 released

Posted May 2, 2009 2:24 UTC (Sat) by k8to (subscriber, #15413)
In reply to: SchoolTool 1.0 released by amk
Parent article: SchoolTool 1.0 released

In the american scholastic context, tool is primararily a derogatory term for overachievers, bookworms, what have you. It suggests a certain social nonfunctionality to working hard. The word is sometimes knowingly self-applied or used as a verb.

Really, tool as insult is more common in many scholastic environments than tool in the sense of "power tools".

That said, I think the name doesn't matter that much. It's for teachers, not students.


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SchoolTool 1.0 released

Posted May 10, 2009 18:48 UTC (Sun) by oak (guest, #2786) [Link]

> tool is primararily a derogatory term for overachievers, bookworms, what
have you. It suggests a certain social nonfunctionality to working hard.

Well, doesn't the name then fit the program well? Programs definitely
should be hard-working and on human scale computers are pretty
antisocial...

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