[TriLUG] OT: geek stuff (was: Home Depot and Cat 5)

Joseph Mack mack.joseph at epa.gov
Thu Oct 7 07:31:02 EDT 2004


Rob Lockhart wrote:

> A very wise professor once told us that you don't really know something
> until you teach it.  Having been on both sides of the fence, I
> definitely agree.

That's what I found too. I also found that you don't find out what examiners
are looking for until you start marking exams yourself. Then you find out
that an examiner only has a minute or two per paper and work that took hours
to write is scanned for the salient points (one mark for each) with the correct 
connecting logic (a couple of marks). The effort that I used to put into 
expanding small points got me no extra marks and I can now see why.
The whole education system is backwards somehow. Students should start
out by teaching the subject first. 

Joe 
-- 
Joseph Mack PhD, High Performance Computing & Scientific Visualization
LMIT, Supporting the EPA Research Triangle Park, NC 919-541-0007
Federal Contact - John B. Smith 919-541-1087 - smith.johnb at epa.gov



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