Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods & headcount... ;

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Tue Jun 22 07:17:44 2004

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From: "Bryan Pope" <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods & headcount... ;


> And thusly Tony Duell spake:
> >
> > Problem is, that's _not_ what's taught. Actually, I am not convinced
> > anything worthwhile is taught in schools any more :-(
> >
>
> When I took my Computer Electronics Technician course, all of the test
were
> done open book - but students still failed.
>
> The problem wasn't that the knowledge wasn't in the books, it was the
students
> didn't know how to apply what they learned... :( When you changed a
> parameter of something it became too different for them. :(
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bryan Pope
>
>

My short term memory sucks, therefore I have to learn how things work to
solve problems. Most tests given at schools are based on just memorizing
specific problems and puking them up on test day. If you have a picture
perfect memory you do extremely well in your classes, but are you really
learning anything? So if your designing complicated products you need to
know how things work, if your practicing medicine or law your probably
better have perfect memory.
Received on Tue Jun 22 2004 - 07:17:44 BST