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Myths

The myths are reasons that have been given for poor Web design programs, for resistance to change toward better programs, and to generally dismiss efforts. Some were explicity stated. Some were clearly implied. They are the ways in which people put down Web programming and design programs.

They are myths not because they are wrong, or fantastical, but because they are valid points. However, most of them are valid assertions in other contexts, and some are active misapplications of rules to avoid thinking about the issue.

In many ways myths are what drives most any culture, since escaping them requires taking the time to think through the problem. We don't always have time to think through every problem, so myths allow us a shorthand to generalize with. When myths become misattributed or misapplied is when the become a problem. But all myths are founded solidly on facts of some sort or another. This is what makes them both useful and dangerous.

There is something to be learned from myths, but they must be taken with a grain of salt.

The Myths

• [We need to teach them how to learn, not what to learn.]
• [What about the job market?]
• [But this is how we've always done it.]
• [It's good enough for now.]
• [That's not my department.]
• [Web design isn't important.]