Re: C8 donation

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:25:58 -0400, "Dennis Woos" <dpwoos@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I am not saying that your donation was a bad idea, as I have no info about
this specific school/teacher. However, I always discourage folks from
donating scopes to our local schools. The teachers don't know how to use a
scope, and so it ends up stuck in a storage closet.

I tend to agree and have argued similarly with my local astro club.
Most schools never have any presence at night by students and teachers
to do any observing -- about the only way the scope would get used is
by some type of loaner program for students to take it home.

A youth club that does some camping or something that involves night
activities as a group would make better use of the scope.

---
Michael McCulloch
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