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On 04/07/2016 03:37 PM, Paul Boddie wrote: <snip>
As soon as you have to make time for such unexpected extra tuition, that two- day course starts to feel really short. Indeed, I started to understand why universities sometimes complain about the skills of new students, although in this case it was a university dealing with its own students.
Yeah, this is where the one-size-fits-all education model really breaks down. Students on a more technical track are going to require exposure to devices and software beyond the "industry standard" for users, and any attempt to enforce the user-only model through primary education only shifts the burden to the secondary educational institutions.
The real issue becomes getting the educational authorities to understand that additional technical education of a minority of the student population is required. This is further hindered by the fact that governmental bodies are generally comprised of non-technical people who are primarily catering to non-technical constituents -- it is often easier to ignore the shift of burden for such a small minority than to actually address the issue at hand.
Just my $0.02. :-)
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