On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 18:25 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote:
On Jan 21, 2008 5:49 PM, Frank Cox <theatre(a)sasktel.net> wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:23:11 +0100
Michael Schwendt <mschwendt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> It is more important
> to teach where to find the documentation.
As I mentioned before, I find it quite .... unusual that
someone who claims to
have a Ph.D. degree appears to be absolutely incapable of
doing the simplest
research, or understanding documentation that contains the
information that he
apparently wants but doesn't spell it out explicitly in a step
one, step two
manner.
For the benefit of anyone who doesn't know, a Ph.D. is
basically a degree
certifying that the holder is qualified to do research. In
the words of
someone whose identity I can't recall at the moment, "capable
of learning what
nobody yet knows."
So how in the name of the great white whale does someone of
Karl's obvious
limited abilities manage to get a Ph.D.? Most of the Ph.D.'s
that I know,
including an EE who ultimately decided that he would rather be
a plumber, are
among the sharpest folks around and a downright pleasure and
privilege to
interact with.
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I think a possible explanation is that there a different learning
styles. For instance Visual
Spatial Learners learn by visualization and not by reading. For some
folks reading is quite
a chore. Some people "see things in their heads" and reading requires
some mental
translation.
Inmates particularly fall into those two categories. It's why the prison
system fails so abysmally when trying to use traditional classroom
materials. I agree 100% with your observation and it is our
core-mission-statement towards using other methods to teach within our
DOC's. OTOH, the point being made quite clearly is that the average
Doctorate holder doesn't blindingly suffer from either of these two.
The Doctorate degree is like a guarantee that the holder of it reads
quite handily with better than average comprehension and is capable of
independent research, study and application of the subject matter being
researched. Then the research has to be presented in written form (the
Doctorate Thesis) which clearly presents the results of the research,
which is then reviewed and held to a Doctorate review standard for final
approval by a certified Board of Examiners. That's the point being made
here. Something doesn't jive.
Think of the student in a classroom who's watching squirrels out
the
window
ten minutes into lecture. But once he goes to the physics lab. he's
unstoppable. I think
Einstein himself had this sort of problem...
Wasn't his Doctorate honorary? There is no mention of a Doctorate in the
Wikipedia. Yet Einstein did collaborate within teams. Teamwork. That's
central and crucial to advanced thinking for the likes of an Einstein.
The cartoon approach, with Einstein sitting in a bathtub and seeing
E=MC2 on a soap bubble, didn't happen. :) Ric
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