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HI Paul,
 
Well it is certianly an honour to be asked about this, as I recognize 
my opportunity to contribute to the improvement of the education system 
in our world.
 
I think that there should be a greater emphasis placed on 
troubleshooting, if you teach it in conjunction with theory, then it is 
taught early and becomes a habit. When I got out of school, I was 
presented with things like Ampex AG-440C reel to reel tape machines, 
which were an Electro-Mechanical/ Electronic wonder. I did not know 
what to do with a fault. I could design my way around a problem, but I 
could not figure out why it was not working. So if there were a change 
in "classical" ciriculum to be made, I would say teach some theory, 
apply it and then introduce a fault and have them figure out why the 
thing is not working right and show them how to split it in half and 
logically look in both directions of a circuit and then they can find 
faults. Otherwise when they hit the employer, they will not know what 
the business end of a screw-driver is.
 
There is one lesson I keep learning over and over, things break for 
simple reasons, not complicated ones.
 
I hope this helps, but please if you ask more question, (which I would 
love to answer) please try to give me something more specific. 
 
So what are you in charge of? Are you creating the course from the 
ground up? Or are you just modifying an old one? Education and Teaching 
has always been very interesting to me. I would love to do it someday.
 
Best Regards,
Alan


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