On 6/26/06, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > > A 4 year college degree is probably worth 2 or 3 years worth of "real" > > experience (of the sort that it is very hard to get when you're 18.) > > That is probably true in some fields, but in my experience (IME?) the > reverse can also be true. Hard mathematical/statistical/theoretical > stuff is difficult to get in a practical environment, just as the > reverse (practical expericence) is hard to get at any sort of school. These are both true as forward and reverse equation. Unfortunately a pretty good graduating student with his brain full of math is unable to make any difference between a thyristor and the doors knob. If he wants to become a teoretician, will be a perfect choice, but he has no chance as practical (meaning design, manufacturing, repairing etc) engineer. Unfortunately the actual school (at least in Romania) prepare the engineers for anything else than real life, because the teachers are also very good teoreticians, and just that. Vasile -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist