grr@cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) (03/15/86)
> Linear Algebra -- boy is there a lot of difference in how the courses are > presented in different places... > Thanks for the mail, people. But from it I can see that what a lot > of people took in linear algebra was matrices, and calculating determinents, > and Eigenvalues and so on. Where I come from, matrtic manipulation and > determinents are taught in high school. And I learned about Eigenvalues > in physics courses. > Laura Creighton Interesting - Secondary education really starts in the High Schools, but aren't they a mixed bag? Some are great, many suck. In hindsight, many of the poor kids are stumbling blindly through while love, sex and drugs are spinning the world around them. Then if you have affluent parents, you get projected into college and maybe get to figure out what's going on. Life would be different if my 'guidance counsuler' had asked 'what do you want to do?' and said 'you need to do these things' and maybe 'look jerk, if you don't go to your xxx class, you're going to regret it'. What am I blathering about? Well, the University of Delaware EE department had a one nite a week 'Computer Engineering Seminar' for High School kids. A high percentage went on into Computer and Engineering studies or Liberal Arts with some kind of computer association. These programs do attract bright, interested kids and everyone involved is usually the better for it. Oh well, there was a war going on back then, wasn't there... -- George Robbins - now working with, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbm!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbm!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)