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It makes me wonder what the people who paid $300-400 for the very first calculators back in the '70s are thinking now. :eusa_doh:
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It makes me wonder what the people who paid $300-400 for the very first calculators back in the '70s are thinking now. :eusa_doh:
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Hey, he's Jamespowers!
Actually calculators were just starting to come into use when I was in high school so I remember laboriously memorizing the multiplication tables as a young lad.
I forgot to mention Idiocracy(http://youtu.be/BXRjmyJFzrU) Strong caution concerning language and coarseness with Clevon.:eeek: That is why I just posted the link. It certainly explains a lot that has been going on though.
lol Notice how all the women in Clevon's world are perpetually pregnant? lol
I learned to use a slide rule in grammar school but by time I got to college calculators were de rigueur.
Here's a good read on the state of higher education authored by one of my college professors.
I won't even mention the Marriage and Sex classes.:eusa_doh:
That, and they only know theory. Theres no practical education in there, and while theory is important, practicality is much more so.
I have to admit that I don't follow it as much as I did, but mostly because they started using Toyota.
He considers the vast majority of degrees granted in the last fifty years or so as being little more than an overinflated trade-school certification.
My daughter was yelled at for not using her calculator for Algebra even though she could do it without one.
Oh, don't get me started. I'm very big on 'buying American' so this was not a pleasant subject when it happened!
Well they did say "you defeated us in the war, but we will defeat you from within"...... or something similar.
They're right.
I always (jokingly) say when I'm near an import 'The last time I was that close to a Japanese machine, it was shooting at me!'
True, but I don't think anyone saw China sneaking up on us....
One thing I discovered with my higher learning is the students didn't know how to *invest* in their learning. Meaning they sat in the class and just learend what was presented to them. They did not seek other sources from outside the carriculum. I think that is a big problem with the laziness of the student body today.
I come from a family of educators, so it was always, 'look it up', 'what did you think?', 'what can you apply this to?' You might not agree with said outcome, but that is factually what the resolution is. You accept that and you learn more.
Learning isn't just about agreeing with, or liking what you are learning, it's about knowing about a topic enough to understand it from more than one perspective. I think opinion and factual learning are really muddied in todays higher education.
LD
With the exception of specialty professions, I think there is one big benefit to a college degree that employers place a lot of weight on and some people tend to overlook. A degree indicates that you established a goal and reached it. The ability to start a great undertaking and finish it, whether it's a college education or a new house, is not an inherent quality. A college degree also generally indicates that you have a well-rounded education and have had at least some instruction on a wide variety of subjects. A well-rounded education generally makes for a well-rounded individual, the key word in this and the previous sentence being generally.
With the exception of specialty professions, I think there is one big benefit to a college degree that employers place a lot of weight on and some people tend to overlook. A degree indicates that you established a goal and reached it. ...
China didn't sneak up on us. We were just too arrogant not to give them enough credit.
LD
One thing I discovered with my higher learning is the students didn't know how to *invest* in their learning. Meaning they sat in the class and just learend what was presented to them. They did not seek other sources from outside the carriculum. I think that is a big problem with the laziness of the student body today.