Ronald, interesting read! On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 13:39 +0300, Ronald Kato wrote:
> If only people utilized resources around them, then alot can be > achieved. I get baffled when I see students in MUK whining and making > comparison or sometimes under estimating the resources before them. > Take for instance if you went to lab and found it empty or partially > filled, then there is a high chance that there isn't internet > connection. See, an average ugandan student only gets to access free internet for the first time, on Campus! In high school, its time tabled (and you are learning Ms Word et al), and in vac, its a cafe (largely a terrible idea to inspire internet based research)!!! So on campus, they are getting free internet, and to a large extent unrestricted. Its a question of spending the time on the net to discover what he should have discovered in the teen years, and before they are quite done, campus shift is over! If only school is a little more interesting - > When you find it filled, nearly all students are chatting away and one > would wonder when we would ever catch up to the slandered of students > in the US. > In the end of comes down to intereste driven by a strong sense of > curiosity. The desire to know how things work or how to make life > better is what drew many geeks to the level they are in now. > Are these 'geeks' developed out of more utilisation of their labs while at school, or an early exposure to computers, from childhood? Isnt this where such a line comparison veers off course? How many soccer team players do you have, who have played since they were in primary school, and came thru the ranks? How many singers do you have who had their talent nurtured at the first intimation of the same? i knew without a doubt in s5, that i wanted to live my life off computers - its what i do now, but i had to endure long-suffering (read: chemistry) and patient endurance (sic - cockroach dissection***). If only someone was teaching me internet and www and wikis and how to start a blog... i have a feeling i would be better than i am now. I am lucky to have made a living off the internet, and as such, i know how to use it. But i also see students, in a sense of a university internet usage. i have made a conscience decision to help them with internet usage by having a large say in what they access and what they dont. Soon, the complainers give up, and start to actually study! > > Some times the government will towards innovation and research matters > alot in advancing technology. The American gov't spends alot of money > in keeping NASA running, yet here we spend it on buyng 200m cars for > gov't officials. Watch out on this line, public address and public gatherings bill is out! :) Just thinking with you. I better get back to work... Brian.
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