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Nonsense John, today's college graduate is more in line with the high school
graduates of the fifties. I hired enough of your "highly educated" graduates to be more than a casual observer. They knew every thing there was to know about political correctness, liberal thinking, and how to bitch if they were not given everything on a platter the day they hired in. I assigned an engineer the task of designing a simple serial interface to a piece of equipment. He told me "we didn't cover that in school". Today A's are passed out to everyone, in some schools, so as not to make the others feel bad. Give me an old time ham or a Navy trained technician, at least they had the basics. Many of today's graduates are over paid at minimum wage. "John Smith" wrote in message ... Fred: Yes. But those were simple times when much of what we take for granted today loomed before us as dark mysteries... Things are much more complex these days, BS, MS, PHD's are much more common per capita and the general knowledge of the common person on the street is magnitudes greater than the times you are speaking of. No longer are people with a bit of knowledge in such demand. Our colleges turn out highly educated individuals in vast numbers which stagger the imagination. Indeed, seats in colleges are filled far too quickly, leaving no room for those not fortunate to gain entrance. It is quite possible the person you see before you in a lowly public service position has a degree. Across the board, +25% of all college grads are working at or near minimum wage in a field outside their course of study--five years after they graduate; I suspect this figure, which the colleges themselves claim, is rather low... John "Fred W4JLE" wrote in message ... The same day I took the test for General, I also took and passed all requirements for a first class Phone with RADAR endorsement. The engineer administering the test told me if I wanted to take a really tough test, the amateur extra was the most difficult given by the FCC. Unfortunately at that time one had to wait a year to take advanced and two years to take the Extra. I would sure like to see them reinstate the time requirements so some of these young bucks could get a little seasoning before advancing. Today you can get it all in one day. Then armed with your brand new Extra; proceed to E-Ham and ask questions in the Elmer conference that could be answered by an old time novice. "Ham op" wrote in message ... The required level of knowledge for a license today is significantly poorer than 40 or 50 years ago. |
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