Re: Education vs manuals

Howard J. Rogers doodled thusly:

>I find training invaluable merely because it shows me what there is to
>learn. And that's the approach I take in the class room. Forget it if you
>think I can impart the sum total of my Oracle knowledge in a week or even
>several. My role (I think) is to show you the possible, and to give you
>some guidance that you might (I hope) remember... but you still have to do
>the learning, usually after the course.
>

Tthat is so true, Howard. So true!

A lot of people think the role of a trainer is to impart 20 years of accumulated knowledge in 5 days. Absolute rubbish. Nobody can do that. And even if someone could, no one could learn all that in such a short time.

The truly competent trainer does however impart the attitude to work and knowledge that those 20 years bring. That is the true measure of the value of a training class as opposed to what can be learned from a book.

IME, a training class comes first. Then the books. Same as in Uni really.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam Received on Sat Jan 19 2002 - 07:10:02 CST