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From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Wed Jun 23 16:00:14 2004

Fred Cisin wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Dan Kolb wrote:
>
>>I would agree generally there. However, I'd also say it's important to
>>have some stuff memorised, so you don't end up referring to books for
>>trivial problems.
>
>
> OTOH, I sometimes tell them, "If you really feel a need to cram and
> memorize, then memorize the index of the book, so that you can find
> things faster." :-)

   Gee, Fred, were you hiding in my class last week?

   The afternoon before the RHCE exam I told 'em almost exactly the same
thing:

   "If you feel like you *have* to study tonight, study the table of
contents in the 'RedHat Administrators' Guide'."

   So, what's the percentage of your students that choke on exams? I'd
guess that half of the failing candidates I've tested knew the material,
but lost their little minds when I wrote the start time on the board.
That bothers me a lot. I can teach them Linux, but I can't teach them calm.


        Doc
Received on Wed Jun 23 2004 - 16:00:14 BST