At 01:17 05/12/99 -0400, Vincent Deno wrote:
>> >Here at U.C., it takes _only_ 5 years to get a BSEE.  IMHO, the best
part of
>> >our curriculum is our manditory co-op.
>>
>> yes, and that's the reason why i think longer study time won't do much good
>> for most. who wants a master and do more academic work stays longer anyway,
>> and the others are better off considering the first year(s) doing real work
>> as some kind of study time extension. (in fact, you're better off if you
>> =never= stop to consider your work some kind of study time... :)
>
>To take this to the extreme, I sometimes feel as though school has hampered my
>ability to be productive in the workplace.  Aside from the basic
>fundamentals, I
>was forced to re-learn almost everything I was taught in the classroom.
>Only the
>basic tools I have learned still apply.  (Does anyone want to finish this
>take-home exam for me... I won't need it for the workplace)  hehe...

while i don't think much longer is needed, i don't think i learned much
that didn't help me one way or another. stuff that i chose i wanted to
learn anyway, and most of what i didn't choose (mostly general background
stuff) came pretty handy once in a while. (at least the feeling that i knew
all that stuff once, and that, if i need it, i can revive it pretty
quick... :)  first you may think you re-learn, but you'll get to the point
where it connects with what you learned before (well, if you learned
something decent... don't know about U.C. -- california? --, i went to
university in germany). when it connects, that's the real fun (for me, anyway).

don't worry -- knowledge doesn't hinder half as much as ignorance does... :)

ge