[AccessD] OT: the "Education" system

LOL

Needed a laugh tonight.

Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "accessd" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:42 PM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: the "Education" system


> >I am on the faculty board and I have no Degree myself, something they
think
> should have restricted my participation in such things.
>
> As well it should.  We can see from this email that you weren't properly
> prepared to treat the world with arrogance.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.colbyconsulting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Martin Reid
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:30 PM
> To: accessd
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: the "Education" system
>
>
> I take a Degree class for the University and I made it a "real life" this
is
> how its done in work type of course. I have ran into the most
unbelieveable
> arrogance from academic staff who have never earned a penny from computing
> and yet teach many of the core subjects. I am more interested in my
students
> being able to do it as opposed to telling me how it should be done but
> actually unable to do the work when faced with a keyboard.
>
> My students are required to have 6 mths programming experience before I
get
> them. Of course as I use VBA and .NET the faculty teach them Java they
will
> not permit me to take an intro course in either .NET or VBA to prepare
them
> for the stuff I wil be doing with them.
>
> I have had more than one row with academic staff at Board of Examiners
> meetings. I am on the faculty board and I have no Degree myself, something
> they think should have restricted my participation in such things.
>
> Martin
>
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