Definitely realistic. During Y11 I had a fantastic I.T teacher who genuinely cared about technology, at some point the I.T department acquired a couple of LEGO Mindstorms[1]. They were only allowed to be used after school because if they'd been out in the classroom with the "normal" students (those that didn't care about technology) they would have been destroyed. The only reason we (the students that enjoyed technology) got any value out of them was because the I.T teacher put his free time towards teaching us about them and supervising our usage.
He was the only teacher that had a clue about technology and they would have been destroyed or rotted in the cupboard if it weren't for him. Hopefully with the rise of technology in recent years teachers are getting better, the teachers I had (aside from the aforementioned good teacher) were all teaching since the early 90s and I'm pretty sure their qualifications were "has the ability to type" which put them ahead of the pack back then, but now they can't even come close to knowing what a hobbyist 15 year old programmer knows.
That good teacher left the same year I did (he went to Switzerland because apparently they don't have a hard-on for following the shit curriculum there), I wonder if the Mindstorms ever left the cupboard after he did.
He was the only teacher that had a clue about technology and they would have been destroyed or rotted in the cupboard if it weren't for him. Hopefully with the rise of technology in recent years teachers are getting better, the teachers I had (aside from the aforementioned good teacher) were all teaching since the early 90s and I'm pretty sure their qualifications were "has the ability to type" which put them ahead of the pack back then, but now they can't even come close to knowing what a hobbyist 15 year old programmer knows.
That good teacher left the same year I did (he went to Switzerland because apparently they don't have a hard-on for following the shit curriculum there), I wonder if the Mindstorms ever left the cupboard after he did.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms#LEGO_MINDSTORMS...
edit: saw your comment below
Thank you.