[sdiy] Can your *really* teach "Engineering"?

[Bruce Duncan]

Absolutely,

There should be an Academy Award equivalent for accomplishments in 
engineering and design.
Who gives a crap if Brad Pitt can act? His role in a movie may have 
an effect on you for about an hour but the advances in engineering 
and science we take for granted have a far greater impact on our lives.
Most people don't know who invented the transistor or op-amp. Major 
innovations that are responsible for the modern life we have.
One problem with holding an Academy Award equivalent for 
accomplishments in engineering and design in USA/Canada...most of the 
winners would be for best foreign design.

Bruce



>We are too worried about consuming 'stuff' and being entertained 
>than anything else. Why takes risks if you can sit on the couch and 
>laugh at the tv while eating junk food? Where is the motivation to 
>work when our heros are entertainers (actors, athletes, and musicians)?
>
>-Jim
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: Jerry Gray-Eskue <jerryge at cableone.net>
>To: Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:35:55 AM
>Subject: RE: [sdiy] Can your *really* teach "Engineering"?
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>...
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>I have to think that something is very wrong, what is going on in our
>education system that we are not progressing on this front? I have to wonder
>if the people at large are not looking to the past in various ways tiring to
>find the branch in time that put us here with a view to rewinding history
>and taking an other branch. Maybe that is what the DIY is really all about,
>a rewind and redo...
>
>--Jerry
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