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From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue Jun 22 17:47:52 2004

> > Problem is, that's _not_ what's taught. Actually, I am not convinced
> > anything worthwhile is taught in schools any more :-(
>
> I don't know enough to comment, only that the results are generally
> disappointing.

Both in lack of knowledge, and more importantly in a lack of any desire
to learn more.

> Perhaps I was atypical for my generation, but I read heaps of things
> when I was young
> (apart from lots of fiction, there were useful things like "Look and
> Learn")

I read very little fiction, but I must have several thousand non-fiction
books (mostly on maths, engineering, electronics, etc), and I read them
all the time. I must be the only person who regards 'radio and television
serviceing' (annual volumes of circuits and service notes for radios and
TVs) as light bedtime reading, but it's amazing how many useful tricks
you learn analusing those circuits.

> as we didn't have much TV and no computers to waste time with. Of

All I can say is that when digital TV comes, I'm not going to bother
buying a decoder. There are plenty more interesting things to spend my
time doing.

-tony
Received on Tue Jun 22 2004 - 17:47:52 BST