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Anthony William Sloman
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On Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 6:17:06 AM UTC+11, John Larkin wrote:
That\'s nonsense . Instincts are acquired, they are innate.
\"stereotyped, apparently unlearned, genetically determined behaviour pattern.\"
> Then the college courses add the theory. That\'s why the lego/maker/Raspberry Pi thing is interesting.
John Larkin has any number of strange ideas on how university education works. The probably reflects the fact that it didn\'t work for him.
It usually is, particularly at rubbish universities that don\'t attract gifted kids.
The Australian university drop out rate in the 1960\'s was about 40%. 30% of students got through in minimum time. The remaning 40% repeated a year or switched courses.
A high prestige course like medicine did better. At Melbourne they took in 200 students a a year (out of 800 applicants). 95 of the first 100 would graduate, and about 60 of the second 100.
> >> For the 30 or so in the first year, I was 1 of the 4 people at the final graduation party in the local pub.
Bizarre.
<snipped nonsense>
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Bill Sloman, Sydney
On Mon, 2 Jan 2023 11:00:52 -0800, Joerg <ne...@analogconsultants.com
wrote:
On 1/1/23 11:08 PM, Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 01 Jan 2023 20:04:49 -0800) it happened John Larkin
jla...@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> wrote in
mrl4rhhtkup3sn9t4...@4ax.com>:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/18/electrical_engineers_extinction/?td=rt-9cp
I\'ve been thinking for some time now that EE schools don\'t turn out
people who like electricity, but maker culture might.
It\'s almost always been that way. Except in the last century it was ham
radio. I learned way more useful stuff that way that in years at the
university.
I think that electrical instincts should be acquired young.
That\'s nonsense . Instincts are acquired, they are innate.
\"stereotyped, apparently unlearned, genetically determined behaviour pattern.\"
> Then the college courses add the theory. That\'s why the lego/maker/Raspberry Pi thing is interesting.
John Larkin has any number of strange ideas on how university education works. The probably reflects the fact that it didn\'t work for him.
In the EE school I was in it was known that only \'hobbyists\' would pass the final exams.
The dropout in the first year was very very very high.
It usually is, particularly at rubbish universities that don\'t attract gifted kids.
At my university the drop-out rate (start to degree) was at times 83%.
Too many kids selected an EE degree based on some high school counselor\'s advice, or dreams of a tidy income. Too late.
The Australian university drop out rate in the 1960\'s was about 40%. 30% of students got through in minimum time. The remaning 40% repeated a year or switched courses.
A high prestige course like medicine did better. At Melbourne they took in 200 students a a year (out of 800 applicants). 95 of the first 100 would graduate, and about 60 of the second 100.
> >> For the 30 or so in the first year, I was 1 of the 4 people at the final graduation party in the local pub.
Bizarre.
<snipped nonsense>
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Bill Sloman, Sydney