Re: [Paddlewise] Student types

From: Shawn W. Baker <baker_at_montana.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 09:19:30 -0600
Mike Daly said:
>He also said that engineers make the worst students.  First you have to
explain
>what you want them to do, then explain _why_ you want them to do it
that way and
>then they spend time trying to improve on the method.

Aw, c'mon, they don't like us to improve _anything_!

"If it ain't broke...
you can bet an engineer hasn't played with it yet"

Sometimes I have a hard time teaching non-engineer types to roll because
I over-explain things.  Hmmmm....

Shawn

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