[BC] Engineering school

[Mike McCarthy]

Aside from the freshman lecture of:

"We're here to educate you, not baby sit you.  It's up to you to attend 
classes, absorb the material we present and to apply.  It's also encumbent 
upon you to ask questions on things you don't understand. It's all about 
your DESIRE to learn and ultimately succeed."

I was just at my alma mater's homecoming. What I saw scared me and 
comforted me...at different times. I saw many dedicated students with a 
purpose of being there to learn and excel.  (One of my frat house's pledges 
is ex-military EE major...who seems to get it.) I also saw a substantial 
minority there for reasons which differ from that goal. It's that minority 
which ultimately hurts those wanting to excel.

So, to those courses which are the "filters" for the curricula to screen 
out the lechers, more power.  It surely opened my eyes when I took my first 
one....

MM

At 11:58 AM 10/3/2005 -0600, Mario Hieb, P.E. wrote
>I agree.
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>You didn't have to be the smartest student to get through the program I 
>went through, but you had to work your butt off. I know some very 
>intelligent people who couldn't get through it, only because they didn't 
>put in the effort.
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>In high school, a lot of smart students get by just fine without working. 
>Most professional program are not like this.
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>I think hard work is at least 80% of any success.
>
>Mario
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>At 11:01 PM 10/2/2005, you wrote:
>>There are people that have no business in the teaching profession. However,
>>this fact does not mean that when little Johnny fails ELE-101 that the 
>>teacher
>>failed to teach him. Maybe the teacher did fail, but then maybe little Johnny
>>did not apply himself. Engineering classes require a lot of work and effort
>>and there are many people out there that do not want to do what it takes.
>>
>>Jeff Glass, BSEE CSRE
>>WNIU WNIJ