Posted by FarmI on February 26, 2010, 8:54 pm
>> I would expect the serious student to not ask an international audience
>> about UK/Ireland, to frame unambiguous questions and to spell check the
>> thing. I give it a C.
>>
>> David
> What... the web is suppose to be serious? All students must be serious?
> You must be joking :)
'Students' should be serious or otherwise they are wasting their time and
their own or their parents money.
> I hereby "Dan L" declares "The Web and Usenet is for LEARNING, FUN and
> ENJOYMENT for all nationalities!" If someone wants to be serious that is
> OK also :) Either way the student gets a passing grade :)
If you're an old fart and/os someone who is just using the web or usenet for
recreation then I'd agree with you. On students who are engaged in study
then I have very different thoughts.
Posted by Dan L. on February 26, 2010, 10:52 pm
>
> >> I would expect the serious student to not ask an international audience
> >> about UK/Ireland, to frame unambiguous questions and to spell check the
> >> thing. I give it a C.
> >>
> >> David
> >
> > What... the web is suppose to be serious? All students must be serious?
> > You must be joking :)
>
> 'Students' should be serious or otherwise they are wasting their time and
> their own or their parents money.
> >
> > I hereby "Dan L" declares "The Web and Usenet is for LEARNING, FUN and
> > ENJOYMENT for all nationalities!" If someone wants to be serious that is
> > OK also :) Either way the student gets a passing grade :)
>
> If you're an old fart and/os someone who is just using the web or usenet for
> recreation then I'd agree with you. On students who are engaged in study
> then I have very different thoughts.
Yes, I am old and decrepit :) Life is too short to be serious. In the
immortal words of King Solomon "Eat, Drink and be Merry". Gardening is a
recreational hobby that helps me physically and in spirit.
I have a Masters Degree in Computer Science. A waste of time and money.
I have learned much more from my own personal studies and in other
fields than in a highly structured university. Universities are like
cattle factories in producing a bland product. Professors are useless
creatures that uses whips and chains (grades and test) when it comes to
learning. I enjoy learning much more from a good book than taking a
highly structured class. Anarchism is better than order :)
Enjoy Life... Dan
--
Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.
Posted by David Hare-Scott on February 27, 2010, 3:00 am
Dan L. wrote:
>>
>>>> I would expect the serious student to not ask an international
>>>> audience about UK/Ireland, to frame unambiguous questions and to
>>>> spell check the thing. I give it a C.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>
>>> What... the web is suppose to be serious? All students must be
>>> serious? You must be joking :)
>>
>> 'Students' should be serious or otherwise they are wasting their
>> time and their own or their parents money.
>>>
>>> I hereby "Dan L" declares "The Web and Usenet is for LEARNING, FUN
>>> and ENJOYMENT for all nationalities!" If someone wants to be
>>> serious that is OK also :) Either way the student gets a passing
>>> grade :)
>>
>> If you're an old fart and/os someone who is just using the web or
>> usenet for recreation then I'd agree with you. On students who are
>> engaged in study then I have very different thoughts.
> Yes, I am old and decrepit :) Life is too short to be serious. In the
> immortal words of King Solomon "Eat, Drink and be Merry". Gardening
> is a recreational hobby that helps me physically and in spirit.
> I have a Masters Degree in Computer Science. A waste of time and
> money. I have learned much more from my own personal studies and in
> other fields than in a highly structured university. Universities are
> like cattle factories in producing a bland product. Professors are
> useless creatures that uses whips and chains (grades and test) when
> it comes to learning. I enjoy learning much more from a good book
> than taking a highly structured class. Anarchism is better than order
> :)
> Enjoy Life... Dan
All good and fine, we have much in common. For those who _are_ taking
formal courses they are wasting their time, someone's money and (if they
post questionaries here) our time if they don't put in some effort to get
the most from that imperfect process. That is what I meant by "serious" but
you already know that I think.
David
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>> about UK/Ireland, to frame unambiguous questions and to spell check the
>> thing. I give it a C.
>>
>> David
> What... the web is suppose to be serious? All students must be serious?
> You must be joking :)