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37 new Techs ticketed Saturday

Posted: 31 Jan 2016 07:08 AM PST
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Although I had a record 55 students sign up for my class yesterday, only 37
ended up getting their licenses. Heres how it broke down:

55 signed up for the class
10 people didnt show up for one reason or another
2 people decided not to take the test. BothÂ*said that they didnt have time
to do so, even though I clearly stated what the schedule would be.
Of the 43 who took the test, 37 passed, 6 failed.

Mark, W8MP, one of the volunteer examiners, addresses the class just before
the exams were passed out.
Class Notes

The class was held on the University of Michigan campus in Room 1500 of the
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Buidling. Without a
doubt, this was the nicest class room Ive ever taught in. It was carpeted,
which was a lot easier on my knees. I could have stood for the entire time,
if Id had to.
A lot of the no-shows were U-M students, for whom I waived the $10 class
fee. Even so,Â*40% of the students in this class were U-M students.
One of the students was a recently-retired electrical engineering
professor. Now, I can brag that Ive even taught PhD EEs!
As usual, the main reason that people did not pass the test was failure to
study the material before coming to the class. One guy said to me just
before he left, I probably should have started reading the study guide
before 11:30 last night. When I hear stuff like that, I just want to scream.
My local VE team came up big, really big. They knew that we were going to
have lots of students, and they showed up in force. There were two teams of
three checkers and three proctors, who helped process the paperwork. Even
so, it took nearly three hours for them to administer the tests and get all
the paperwork in order. THANKS, GUYS!
When I was preparing the room, I noticed a sign on the wall that said that
recording equipment was available. I didnt think that it would be available
on such short notice, but I asked one of the U-M club guys who was there
about possibly recording the class. He said, Yeah. We could do that if youd
like, and then disappeared. About ten minutes later, he returned with a
camera and remote mike and set it all up. So now, we have this entire class
on disk.
The question, now, is what to do with it. Â*Its apparently close to 200
Gbytes of data. Im thinking that somehow Ill slice and dice it into smaller
chunks to put on YouTube. Thats going to take a lot of editing, though.

Students line up to have their IDs verified by the Volunteer Examiners.

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