Radiation (was: <Silly>: Help with question about web page

[Rob O'Donnell]

At 00:15 20/08/2004, Tony Duell wrote:



>My experience suggests that people are naturally curious about things,
>but that schools are designed to remove that curiosity. Fortunately it
>didn't work in my case :-). I learnt almost nothing at school --
>everything I now use I taught myself (thankfully, from books that were a
>lot more advanced than th eaverage school textbook).

I must agree totally.  The only things school contributed to my career path 
was the TRS-80 Model 1's we were allowed to book time on at lunchtime and 
after school.  [I never did find out if there was actually a class that 
used them.]  I'd previously been doing electronics as a hobby, this shifted 
me into computing (with an electronics bent - I was quite happy to build up 
a ZX81 kit, etc)  My skills ever since have been totally self-taught, and I 
think they are better for it.  (Just makes it harder to find a new job when 
I can't show them pretty pieces of paper..)

Rob