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August 11th 06, 03:27 PM
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
wrote in message ... wrote: : 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. -- 73 Chris Cox, N0UK, G4JEC 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. |
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