"American students are pre-occupied with media and technological crap and tacky inventions. Let us bring back the slide rule."
I'd love to have a slide rule...but failing that you can use a virtual one :) (http://www.taswegian.com/TwoHeaded/UniVirtual/UniVirtual.html) --Mike On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:47 AM, michael sylvester <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yeah! what is past is past.More people may be going to college today > but the reality is that only 40% are graduating.We were once numero uno but > now we are number 12.I agree that the U.S may have the highest number of > people going to college but tey are not graduating. > There could be many reasons for this: some people should never go to > college,high schools are the culprits for poor preparations.profs are not > doing a good job in motivating students to stay and graduate from > college,American students are pre-occupied with media and technological crap > and tacky inventions.Let us bring back the slide rule. > > Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n=T&l=tips&o=4136 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-4136-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4137 or send a blank email to leave-4137-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
