Re: Replacing Delphi developers

From: Doug Kanter (ancientangler_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/04/03 

Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:57:34 GMT

"AlanGLLoyd" <alanglloyd@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031204014946.07578.00002002@mb-m25.aol.com...
> In article <2mwzb.38495$aT.27714@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "David
Reeve"
> <dree4456@big-pond.net.au> writes:
>
> >Experience, funnily enough, can only be
> >gained with age, not from sitting in lectures
>
> That is a tautology, because activity takes time, but knowledge is a
different
> matter, and if one refuses to accept the knowledge that others have
discovered,
> then one is condemned to make their mistakes too.
>
> An autodidact is not always a professional, he may be just a
quick-thinking
> pragmatic amateur. The essential to learning is understanding and facility
with
> the basic concepts of the subject. These come most readily from accepting
(with
> questioning - or even _by_ questioning) what others have discovered. Hence
> "learning must be fun" and "put a child in a learning environment and he
will
> learn" are some of the most evil phrases suckered onto a modernising
generation
> by shallow-thinking educationalists.
>
> Alan Lloyd
> alanglloyd@aol.com

I think learning is as complex a system as the weather. There are too many
human factors involved to point a finger at any one thing and say "that's
the key". At the moment, competition seems to be a major factor for my son
and his friends. Last week, the friend who got the lowest grade on a
particular exam had to buy popcorn for everyone when they went to the
movies. Other times, he just thinks something is cool, so he WANTS to learn
it. But, most of the time, there's a certain amount of pride involved in
doing well. If he transfers that to his chosen career, he'll be very happy.

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