>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gerhard Fiedler [mailto:lists@CONNECTIONBRAZIL.COM]
>Sent: 23 April 2004 11:12
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [OT]:Responding to Students Asking for Homework Solutions
>
>
>> How do you keep from forgetting things that you learned in
>school, but
>> don't use everyday? I just got a B.S in Electronics Engineering
>> Technology in May of 2003 from Virginia State University and
>feel like
>> I am forgetting so much of what I have learned. What can you do to
>> fight that?
>
>I think that's natural, it's a good thing and you shouldn't
>bother -- as long as you learn more new things than you forget
>old things.
>
>I studied a lot of system theory and advanced control in
>university. Since that stuff is mostly used in either
>university research projects or at big companies and I've been
>working mostly on one-man projects, I didn't use it much and
>actually have forgotten some of it.
>
>But I know that the moment I get in touch with it again, I'll
>refresh what I forgot in a short time. It's not really gone.
>It's just out of sight of my mind -- because I have to take
>care of other things. There's only so much my mind can take
>care of... :)
>
>So don't worry about forgetting (or not) things. Worry about
>learning things :)
>
>Gerhard


Unfortunately my brain seems to be like a PIC's stack, small and circular
:-).  I keep trying to put new stuff in, but I get stack overflow and it
overwrites the old stuff.  What I really need is a watchdog timer to recover
from my brain hanging after such an event...

Mike




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