Hi,
> one mistake a lot of us foss people make is in not realising that
> different people learn in different ways.
You may be right, but teaching is a lost art now. Especially in
fields of electronics and computers.
Lets take the example of a 1 hr lecture at a college on a new topic.
How much of the lecture do you think you can understand? Even if the
teacher is pretty good, unless you have a photographics memory, I dont
think you can retain 5 min of it.
Lectures can only give you pointers of want to read, where to read. So
finally its upto self-study only isnt it?
What the institute provides, is a PLATFORM for like minded people to
meet. And I think you are more likely to learn, from discussions and
delibrations with them.
And what is the Linux community, but a global PLATFORM.
regards,
sid
--- In [email protected], Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> On 23-Mar-07, at 9:15 AM, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
>
> >> Necessary for getting jobs.
> >
> > That is the biggest mistake that students/people make.
>
> one mistake a lot of us foss people make is in not realising that
> different people learn in different ways. This has been the subject
> of innumerable studies and basically people are divided into those
> 1.who learn best by themselves, 2. who learn best when taught
> verbally, 3. who learn best when taught by example, 4. who learn best
> by reading manuals, 5. who learn best by going through tutorials etc
> etc. - in the old days of foss, self taught was the only way. So the
> vast majority of foss people around today are the self-taught ones.
> This is no longer necessarily true. One cannot generalise from one's
> own experience and prescribe to others blindly.
>
> Secondly, although at the final interview stage, knowledge and skill
> sets are crucial, at the initial stage, certificates play a great role.
>
> --
>
> regards
> kg
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