In article m, "Dee D. Flint"
writes:
"Alun Palmer" wrote in message
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(Len Over 21) wrote in
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In article , Alun Palmer
writes:
I'm against that too. BTW, I got my EE degree in England, and you don't
have to go through any of that wholly irrelevant stuff. No English, no
social studies of any kind, no chemistry (which I understand is oftem
required over here).
Alun, California state undergraduate requirements in the 1960s had
two semesters of American History. Considering our history, like
from
the 1776 breakaway, that isn't comparable to what you had to do in
the UK. :-) :-) :-)
I don't know why there is such a fervor of the PCTAs to equate an
academic degree with an amateur radio license class that requires
a demonstrated skill at morsemanship. Maybe the PCTA have a need
to stay with the King Kode rulers of the ARS kingdom? :-)
LHA
I don't beleive either academic degrees or ham licences should require
unnecessary stuff, that's all.
Since there is no way to predict where your future interests may lie, it's
impossible to say unequivocally what is unnecessary stuff.
On itself, your statement implies that "everything" is known or that one
must study "everything" in order to be prepared. That's rather
impossible for any human to do in one lifetime. :-)
The phrase "adapt, improvise" comes to mind...as sometimes used by
one of the smaller US military branches. Considering just radio and
electronics and its continuing state of the art advance, it is better to be
prepared to adapt and improvise (one's learning process). Continual
rehashing of the old standards is not the wonder that some folks think
it is.
By example, those who have gone the full route of education, career,
etc., have more insight into the whole process and "what was required"
than those who have not finished.
The easy way out is to simply accept what the academics insist one
should study and learn. Noble enough, but consider that academics
(for all their high-brow intellectual whatsits) have their own SYA
agenda and need to to remain employed or to have income. A
continual supply of students is their source of income. shrug
LHA