Do You Need to Be a Genius in Electronics?

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Yep, I agree with you there.

From a strictly financial viewpoint, you're probably correct. It's the "value" of preventing human suffering that leads folks like Obama to spend unprecendented sums of money (that we don't have) to try to preclude it; whether or not that's a worthwhile endeavor is highly subjective, certainly.

Well, let's hope so. Personally I kinda think that the standard of living in the U.S. is on the decline, and this was inevitable -- even if McCain and Palin were in office today it'd be happening.

That's how it should work, but it's *employers* who seem to be the ones pushing for various certifications that realistically have little value.

Maybe. Do you want to get rid of publicly-financed elementary and high schools as well?

---Joel

I like the occasional sizzle, like when others say that it can't be done. What's the old saying? "Man who says it can't be done should not disturb man doing it."

Pretty soon they might be either in Shanghai or in "early retirement".

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Ha!! The ONE thing I knew back in those High School guidance counselor sessions.... I sure didn't want to end up being them!

Public elementary and high schools providing the basics is beneficial to the general populace.

However, after I ran for School Board, and saw "education" as the down-and-dirty that it is, I put my sons in private elementary (the girls were already in high school).

Our present education system stinks... lots of crap, bureaucracy and elitism :-(

The girls both went to Scripps College (Claremont).

Both boys opted for U of A... admitting in later life that they purposefully blew the SAT's so they wouldn't have to go to school "where it gets cold" ;-) ...Jim Thompson

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Yep.

I imagine it was better even in West Virginia back in the '50s. :-)

---Joel

Speaking of obsolete, I recently watched a rerun of Columbo where a secretary was explaining the complexities of this new thing (central to the plot) called a "fax machine". Amusing that so much time has passed that the explanation is probably still necessary for young people.

That's crazy talk, kid!

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You also tend to come up hard against genetics, unless you have chosen your parents carefully.

When I was a kid in WV I fretted that I wasn't getting a good education.

Then I found out that fundamentals pounded into you can get you a free ride thru MIT ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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It's _always_ a good idea to carefully choose your parents. Too bad most don't hear this sage advice before it's too late to act on it. ;)

Jon

Is that one of the public colleges you'd like to shut down?

Jim

It's probably the largest global warming discussion group on the net. ;-)

ha!

I spend far more time commenting than coding. It ain't for the next guy.

He's a bright kid and he'll go far. Most graduate (or at least get to their senior year), have nowhere to go, and *still* don't clue up.

Do the arithmetic, there are 32 professional football teams, each with

MIT? Public?

I hadn't thought about it that way before. I sure didn't want to be

Maybe, but IMO it's boring as hell to be limited to trying to change what can't be. I'm an engineer because I like to design stuff. Risk isn't an issue. You can't make someone's life miserable after you fire them. ;-)

When I was first hired it took me quite a while to "get it" that they wanted *me* to do the new design. The boss sat down and gave me all the information, except that he wanted me to do the project. I was diddling with the simulator, waiting for the other guy to free up, for some time before I figure out that they actually wanted a design. ;-)

I suppose that's not hard to believe.

Jim/RST has gone over the socialist edge... clueless but mouthy.

He probably thinks Harvard is "public" also.