[sdiy] Should GaTech go bananas?

[Tim Parkhurst]

Having very limited teaching experience (assisted teaching AutoCAD and
drafting at a local JC), I can still offer up a few observations:
1) Many students choose a certain field not because they love it, but
because they think they'll make a lot of money at it. They're not really
interested or motivated, and they don't have that "spark" that makes them
want to go the extra mile and learn above and beyond what they're exposed to
in class.
2) EE majors are focusing more and more on simulation software rather than
actually building circuits and blowing things up. I've told this story
before, but I recently asked a couple of EEs I used to work with if they
owned a breadboard or any test gear. One said no, and the other asked
"What's a 'breadboard?'" Kinda sad, actually.


Tim (nothing quite like hooking up a 'lytic backwards for a demo about why
polarity is important) Servo
--
"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." -
Harlan Ellison

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On 12/29/05, john mahoney <jmahoney at gate.net> wrote:
>
> > > bitch bitch, moan moan, whats education coming to? :)
> >
> > Utter lameness, actually. [snip the part about many students having poor
> math skills]
>
> This is sad, coming from someone at Georgia Tech. For those who don't
> know,
> the Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the top (like, Top 10)
> engineering colleges in the U.S.
> --
> john
>
>
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