[sdiy] OT : School.

[Ben]

I always enjoyed the analogue electronics subjects, however I was always
best
with the hands on components. I always got full marks for practical work,
and
was the first to get circuits working. However, when it came to the exams I
was
hopeless. I just can't remember everything I need to know, and as soon as I
get
into the exam room I've forgotten half the stuff I did know. Give me a paper
with
problems and a some notes and a text book and I can work it out no problem,
but its because of that I only just scrape through my course work.

Ironically, at present I'm studying mostly applied and pure mathematics, and
I
seem to be doing quite well. I'll be graduating in about 18 months time in
Comp
and Math Sci, and then I decide to either go back and finish Comp Systems
Eng,
or get a job....

~Ben

Oh and don't even get me started with how much I hated stats/dynamics! lol

>     Now I actually enjoyed the Statics/Dynamics class....the one I thought
was
> pretty useless was the Statistical Thermal Dynamics Class (although, it
was a big
> help in the Solid State Physics)...I would have prefered Classical Thermal
> Dynamics as this would have been of more use...and it is rather ironic,
never did
> have a class that covered Clasical TD at all...
>
> Doug Terrebonne wrote:
>
> > All I can add is my personal experience but I got an ASEE a little over
10
> > years ago and didn't every finish my BSEE because of all the classes I
would
> > have had to take that I had absolutely no interest in like
Statics/Dynamics (I
> > have no interest in building bridges thank you!), lots more math, more
> > programming (which I care for), etc... Even the electronics classes I
had were
> > so steeped in math and theoretical stuff I couldn't stand it... I just
wanted
> > to get in there and start building stuff and see how it worked - hands
on... I
> > realized I had wasted a lot of time and money going for a BSEE when what
I
> > really wanted was a technical degree...
> >
> > Doug
> >
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