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To: USMMA_83

The math section isn't that different than what my kids are taking now in H.S (9th and 11th grade).

However the science section surprised me regarding the electrical section, more akin to a freshman first semester EE course at your local college.

However please note that the state requirements test where I live is waaaaaay watered down from this......


12 posted on 03/13/2006 8:51:03 PM PST by nevergore (“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
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To: nevergore
However the science section surprised me regarding the electrical section, more akin to a freshman first semester EE course at your local college.

That was all part of the first year course when I took electronics in high school circa 75-76. In my third year, our final exam was to take a field trip to the FCC field office in Detroit and take the Second Class Radiotelephone exam.

My electronics teacher was a huge influence on my life, and a couple years ago when I was visiting my old hometown I tried to look him up to drop in and say thanks. Unfortunately, he had long since moved on. So had the school district, dropping electronics from the curriculum sometime on the late 80s.

Too bad. That was one class where the theoretical concepts from math and science came to life. I learned to troubleshoot TVs and stereos there, and to rob parts from those beyond hope and build something new. (There were plenty of free-for-the-asking junker tube TVs with generic parts available back then. Trying to cobble together an 80m ham CW transmitter from a modern junk TV would be an exercise in futility).

Times sure have changed.

68 posted on 03/13/2006 10:23:01 PM PST by Denver Ditdat (Melting solder since 1975)
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