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Originally posted by Sazerac:
There's one reason why I advocate getting a degree through a technical institute such as DeVry, where they train you in what you NEED rather than a lot of B.S.)
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Oh, I hate DeVry grads. They are absolutely incapable of thinking for themselves. I don't think I've been able to promote a single DeVry or tech grad in 6 years. They're fine for about a year or two, but as soon as we ugrade our equipment, they become useless. They just can't seem to learn how to adjust to new situations. If everything isn't laid out for them in black and white with no variation from the norm, they just stare at you with a dumb look on their face asking what to do next. I give them the users manuals, tell them to take their time and read it through; they return in 8 hours and ask me where the ON button is. Oh, how I wish I had more of a say in hiring...
But anyway,
I'm a little disturbed by the way a number of posts have tossed arround baseless percentages like "60% of all of the students will probably never find ANY use for any of what they've been taught there in whatever job they end up with." One of the things I hope is taught in school is the need to know your source, and a clear sign that a source is either decietful or inacurate is the use of unsubstanciated percentiles. And worse, the response to these statements has been in the form of either 'well you don't know who is going to need what so you need to teach everything to everyone' or 'well it's not the knowledge itself so much as your learning to learn.' Bull, people use what they learned in school all the time, they just don't realize they are doing it. One person brought up alliteration. I'd wager, at some point in the lives of everyone on this board, each and every one of us has used alliteration. You may not have conciously thought "I'm going to alliterate now," but you had been exposed to it in school, and when the appropriate moment presented itself, you used it. How about algebra? Geez this is a CRPG board, do I really need to detail all the power applied algebra gives to a CRPG power player?
The point: EVERYONE uses what they learned in school. The more you learn, the more you have at your fingertips to use when the time comes to use it.
BTW: Another way to identify a bad source is the use of absolutes, as there are few absolutes in the world. The good thing about this rule is that by stating it you immediately imply there must be exceptions. Hence I shall claim the absolute stated above as an exception to this rule. [img]smile.gif[/img]