RE: Certification ?

["Kelly, Chris W." <ckelly () hsutx edu>]

The department chair where I took a bunch of computer classes  back in
the 80's was basically of that attitude.  His tests were all open
book/open notes.  And killer.  He maintained that problem resolution
with computers was not just having a bunch of book knowledge - it was
more about knowing a bunch of little different things, being familiar
with the processes involved and knowing where to go and find out more on
specific subjects once you narrowed the problem down.  Then piecing that
all together to create a solution.

He had a favorite story to prove his point - a guy in the program had
one class left to complete his 2 year degree.  At the campus where he
took all his classes, the lab kept the machines running with boot
floppys locked in the A: drive (this was IBM PC days where the "one big
machine" in the labs had a color monitor and a 10M hard drive).  Because
of a scheduling conflict, this dude has to go to another campus to take
this last course.  Over there you checked out a boot disk with your ID,
picked a computer and had to boot the thing yourself.  After 2 years in
school for a CSCI certificate, someone had to show the guy how to insert
the disk, where the power switch was and how to get the machine up and
going.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com 
> [mailto:firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com] On Behalf Of Allan
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:34 PM
> To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com
> Subject: [fw-wiz] Certification ?
>
> <RANT>
>
> I'm gagging on this "certification" thing.
>
> Certs / Exams are a determiner of MEMORY ability ... the 
> number of related / unrelated details that a person can 
> REMEMBER / RECAL in a time-restricted environment.
>
> REAL life not only involves memory of facts but memory of 
> where to LOOK for answers and finding them in what ever 
> resource is available.
 
.............

> </Rant>
>
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