Colin Wetherbee wrote:
Ronald Dai. wrote:
Actually RTFM would not be a problem for people from academic
background (meaning MS or PHD educated) at all since they have to do
it all the time....but for people with more team work background
these days, it might not be politically very correct...
I disagree. Granted, I have a master's degree.
I should point out that one could be educated without a MS or a PhD.
One could also be uneducated with a MS and/or a PhD. It depends on
one's quality of education and their self-motivation in RTFM. But I
know that Ronald is saying it casually, just like the expression "being
a rocket scientist" which is probably an out-dated expression now.
But, let's say, as very nearly happened on another mailing list
yesterday, someone installs database software and can't figure out how
to create a database. I say go look at the manual and here's the
specific URL that covers creating new databases. Now, that person
knows where to look for information about creating a database, *and*
that person also knows where to look for answers to future simple
questions.
I totally agree with this and I think that one has to know the material
before working as a group. Some university courses are so caught up in
the terminology like "team work", they seem to jump a step.
Just like it would be good to learn how to add before you can use a
calculator. Yes, everyone nowadays uses a calculator -- it is in high
school curriculum now and it is also the "real world" -- but strange to
focus on the calculator if someone does not even know how to do the
operations that a calculator does...
Ray
