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J. Clarke

On 9/23/2010 7:54 AM, wrote:
On Sep 23, 7:32 am, J. D. wrote:

and my experience with
freshly graduated engineers is that they certainly understand the
basis and theory of their trade but are sadly lacking in the
application thereof. Hardly proof of research and finding information
by yourself.

John D. Slocomb
(jdslocombatgmail)

The college I went to operated on the premise that if you knew the
basis and theory, you could learn the application on your own. The
application is going to change, but the theory is much less likely to
change.

In some fields though the theory is little help.