Bill Sohl wrote:
"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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If the tests are going to be geared to "an average sixth grader", and
one of the requirements is to sign a paper stating that you have read
part 97, exactly what is the class going to consist of? And since ther
is a good possibility that the General test is going to end up being at
the level of the Technician license.

I know I'm mixing proposals there, but the point is, maybe the new
novice or communicator should be easy enough that people *don't* have to
take any classes for it.


I'm sure there will be some that won't need any class and
will study or learn independent of any formal instruction. I did
exactly that myself as a teenager for Novice & General in the 50's.
On the other hand, I'd have no problem teaching a class targeted at
whatever the Novice syllabus of test material might actually end
up being.


My goal or objective would be to encourage
as many new people, especially kids, to get a novice license
and just see how it goes from there.

Sure, I will work with whatever we
have. That doesn't mean that I have to like it tho'


If you don't like teaching or working with some folks because
their initial knowledge base of radio is nonexistent then I'd
suggets you not even try as you have to be (IMHO) a
ready and willing instructor to any student group you might
encounter.

Not necessarily Bill. I'm happy to work with rank newbies. And I do,
with Field Day, and at things like Kids Day at the mall, where many if
not most of the kids didn't even know amateur radio existed before
seeing us.

But don't connect not wanting to "teach" extremely elementary things to
people that are capable of so much more with inability or lack of desire
to teach. Some people want to teach college level courses, some at high
school level, and some, such as my instructor in a wheel class I'm
taking, teach autistic children to work with pottery. I'm in awe of what
she does, but there is no way I would do it.

As I say, I'm happy to provide a good introduction to amateur radio
(fun, not too dweeby ,or overly technical, but as interesting as I can)
to people that may only be awakening to technology, but I'm not
interested in teaching them where to sign on the form where they say
they have read part 97.

- Mike KB3EIA -