sounder Digest, Vol 65, Issue 19

[Robert Holtzman]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 08:49:25AM +0000, Chris Puttick wrote:
> 2009/12/10  <sounder-request at lists.ubuntu.com>:
> > Send sounder mailing list submissions to
> >        sounder at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> (much edited, response to conversation rather than particular individuals)
> 
> > The problem with modern education isn't the principles, but the way
> > many institutions apply them.
> 
> This many must be the huge proportion. The nature of my job is such
> that the majority of people I meet are graduates or above, and few of
> them demonstrate either an interest and skill in learning, nor a great
> deal of knowledge; they mostly demonstrate a thin veneer of knowledge
> (equivalent to, for example, knowing how a four stroke engine cycle
> through the mnemonic "suck, squeeze, bang, blow" but not the meaning
> behind the words) and an expectation of being spoon-fed anything they
> don't know.

            .............snip............

Sort of like some of the posters to mail lists.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
Key ID: 8D549279
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
 check the price of the beer"
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