Hi.
You're welcome.
Well, for me it started with Your thread starting post, sounded quite familiar tale to the ones we had when I was in poly. People like You're describing mostly switched, and they were glad they did.
The "I'll rather play than study" comment didn't help much either. From Your posts it sounds like you don't know what/how to study to get through this relatively simple task and don't bother to find out, and I can tell you that the tasks/problems won't get any easier later on.
Additionally it sounds like that even if You knew what to study, you wouldn't. Just doesn't work like that. Not over here anyway.
Unless You check your priorities, you're going to flunk.
You have to remember that quite a few TBers who have replied and many more who haven't replied have a degree, some even in Mech. Engineering. Even more people have had to work with people who have a degree, but just don't seem to live up to the expectations that degree comes with. I see this as observations rather than opinions. Some coming from teachers, no less.
If You choose to ignore us, fine, that's your call.
Ken, actually I didn't go through Your posts, I'm far, far too lazy to do that. I usually just read the profile (in this case not even that, not that kind of a subject), it tells me everything I need to know about the person I'm answering to. Usually the profile is just "male", so I reply accordingly.
That comment of mine was just a general observation about the desire to actually learn all that is possible about the tools of the trade that we in this particular field of interest use. Usually before even learning the basics about using the damn thing
. The parentheses were used because the content and the tone of the technical advice seeking posts quite often indicate that they're asked before taking any lessons. Otherwise the teacher would've cleared 'em up, sometimes even without asking. Basics some may say.
Applies to everything, really, not just bass playing. My observation is that most successful individuals dig deeper than the "I'm just using this XYZ to do it's job" variety. Nothing wrong basically with that latter either, to each his/her own.
I'm a strong believer of the "Life long learning curve" type of thinking, be that on the professional or on the hobby field.
As for the tips for You as an engineering student, the head of our department in the poly said it best IME:
"Think Yourselves as librarians, you don't need to know everything, but you have to know where to find that information".
As a matter of a fact he discouraged us memorizing too much, as information and methods gets outdated quite fast, and a simple error in an equation or the value can prove itself disastrous. Using an outdated method will usually mean loss instead of profit also.
People rely on us engineers to make the wheels of the world to keep turning, let's not let them down.
Regards
Sam
eh? since when has this thread turned into you guys trying to convince me to change major?:scowl:
and yes, this is the right field of education for me, thankyouverymuch
You're welcome.
Well, for me it started with Your thread starting post, sounded quite familiar tale to the ones we had when I was in poly. People like You're describing mostly switched, and they were glad they did.
The "I'll rather play than study" comment didn't help much either. From Your posts it sounds like you don't know what/how to study to get through this relatively simple task and don't bother to find out, and I can tell you that the tasks/problems won't get any easier later on.
Additionally it sounds like that even if You knew what to study, you wouldn't. Just doesn't work like that. Not over here anyway.
Unless You check your priorities, you're going to flunk.
You have to remember that quite a few TBers who have replied and many more who haven't replied have a degree, some even in Mech. Engineering. Even more people have had to work with people who have a degree, but just don't seem to live up to the expectations that degree comes with. I see this as observations rather than opinions. Some coming from teachers, no less.
If You choose to ignore us, fine, that's your call.
Ken, actually I didn't go through Your posts, I'm far, far too lazy to do that. I usually just read the profile (in this case not even that, not that kind of a subject), it tells me everything I need to know about the person I'm answering to. Usually the profile is just "male", so I reply accordingly.
That comment of mine was just a general observation about the desire to actually learn all that is possible about the tools of the trade that we in this particular field of interest use. Usually before even learning the basics about using the damn thing
. The parentheses were used because the content and the tone of the technical advice seeking posts quite often indicate that they're asked before taking any lessons. Otherwise the teacher would've cleared 'em up, sometimes even without asking. Basics some may say.Applies to everything, really, not just bass playing. My observation is that most successful individuals dig deeper than the "I'm just using this XYZ to do it's job" variety. Nothing wrong basically with that latter either, to each his/her own.
I'm a strong believer of the "Life long learning curve" type of thinking, be that on the professional or on the hobby field.
As for the tips for You as an engineering student, the head of our department in the poly said it best IME:
"Think Yourselves as librarians, you don't need to know everything, but you have to know where to find that information".
As a matter of a fact he discouraged us memorizing too much, as information and methods gets outdated quite fast, and a simple error in an equation or the value can prove itself disastrous. Using an outdated method will usually mean loss instead of profit also.
People rely on us engineers to make the wheels of the world to keep turning, let's not let them down
.Regards
Sam
