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L.

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: Lots of memorization was required in your day. It's only a bad thing
: in 1992 to present. I think I get your drift...

You are failing (or choosing) to understand/acknowledge the difference
between understanding the principles and simply rote memorising the
answers. It used to be that there weren't a set of questions with
corresponding answers - there was a syllabus from which the questions
were set. It took understanding of the syllabus to apply the formulae
that had been learnt to calculate the answer.

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73 Chris Cox, N0UK, G4JEC

Damned I hate when I screw up - to make a correction here - the word in my
second sentence should be correspond. I didn't catch it before I hit send.
I think I had a "Coors" beer on my mind...

Even TODAY'S tests are not the same ie; Answer A in your study guide will
coorespond to Answer A on the exam. ANYONE "memorizing" those answers is
nothing short of a FOOL. It is far better to read that book for what
little it is worth - for what it will "TEACH" you to understand - thereby
making passing the exam almost a done deal. UNDERSTANDING AND REMEMBERING
(Memorizing if you will) the BASE material is what gets you through.

As the man said, at one time - there were no SET of exams. If you had no
clue of electronics or rules and regulations where it came to Ham radio -
you were "guranteed" to fail in front of the FCC. Often - that meant a
long trip. Even at that - tests today - most VEs have at least 3 - 5 sets
of exams per class. OR you could be given a test via computer which is
randomly generated. So, to "memorize" ABCD just isn't going to cut it.

As I said before - ya got to memorize many things to get through life -
your SS number, your birthdate, your name, how to spell, read, write, add,
subtract, driving a vehicle, etc......... the list goes on - SURELY you
didn't "memorize" a simple ABCD answer for MOST of that! Memorizing your
SS number, name and birthdate may equivalate to the ABCD method, but -
when you were tested in school for subjects - you had NO clue what was to
be asked. If you didn't pay attention to what was being taught - you most
likely bombed the test.

Again - we're splitting hairs here on the word "memorize". You can "try"
to memorize ABCD to pass a test without studying (and hope the test
conforms to the pattern you "memorized") OR you can MEMORIZE IT BY
STUDYING it - (committ it to memory for life) -therby understanding the
principles and being able to "honestly" answer the questions based on
"knowledge" of the subject.

I seriously do NOT understand the hang up on this issue. Maybe "I" am
missing something - but it seems to me, I had to memorize (LEARN) a whole
list of **** to be able to function in a meaningful life. Your mind is
like a computer - you have to program it (study) - to learn things TO
MEMORIZE FOR LIFE. Simply trying to recall ABCD on a test without
understanding the concepts - you're still going to be dumb as **** even if
you do pass.
Wouldn't you rather "know" what you're supposed to know? Sure makes one
look a bit more inteliigent.
Maybe that is why so many people are so goofy on the highways - they
"memorized" answers to the test instead of actually "learning" what the
principle were/are. Makes sense to me! For those of you who parachute or
do other "life endangering" tasks - I'd sure hate to be you - depending on
someone who simply "memorized" ABCD on a test as opposed to "learning" the
requirements to fulfill the task.

No wonder this world is so screwed up............. TOO LAZY TO "LEARN".

L.