[sdiy] "State of Electronics" Australian Electronics DesignandManufacture

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 09:29 -0700, David G. Dixon wrote:

> I'm seeing lots of engineering students now who don't seem to be bothered at
> all about not knowing the first thing about what they're doing, even in
> fourth year, but who still expect to be given a degree with all the rights
> and privileges pertaining thereto.  It's probably the single most
> frustrating thing about being an engineering professor today.  Of course, in
> most cases, they are getting those degrees.  Once the university takes the
> view that students (and their parents) are "customers" and that professors
> are "service providers" rather than gatekeepers, it becomes very difficult
> to fail anyone.

"Today", heh.

I remember my late father complaining about that from when he was at
university over 40 years ago...

Gordon MM0YEQ