It’s disheartening, but I got an email this morning from a former co-worker (teacher). He is a Web design/development teacher, and I feel like he has his act together. Here is his email:
So my professor taught us how to use the font tag last night. No joke. I had a hard time not saying anything.
I am not sure if this makes it better, but she said that we had to use “” with our attribute values, though, because then it complies with web standards.
Do I say something?
And here is my response:
This is a really hard situation to be in. I definitely don’t think you should say something in front of the class.
Tread carefully, but I might talk to her alone and explain that you have been doing web design for a very long time. Explain why you use CSS over font tags (why you as a web designer separate content from presentation. Not “you” as in the general public). You’ll get a feeling if she is receptive or not to what you are saying.
Is this a prerequisite for another class? Do you have to take this class? If she isn’t receptive to what you are saying I would try to get out of the class.
Jason
It’s one thing to try to force the teaching of CSS for complete and total page layout on a college professor. I could stomach an argument for the use of tables for certain presentational effects. However, teaching the use of the font tag in 2008 is irresponsible. That might be a little strong considering I don’t know the background of this teacher. Perhaps my friend should try harder to point this professor in the right direction. Your thoughts?