I agree about code: over 50+ years as a ham, I've seen many people with
multiple intelligences try very hard and fail to copy morse code well.
They just don't have THAT intelligence. Some people can't tell that they
can't carry a tune, and can't put a basketball thru the net in 20 tries.
But they can remember details of schematics 20 years later, and know the
pinout today of both a 12AX7 and a 7430, and how to find stuff real fast
in REGEDIT.

My wife has a lot of background in Education, is a Librarian and a
Gifted/Talented coordinator, and she's still constantly amazed at the
variety of talents and untalents that kids have.

I believe that 20 years from now, the 'credentialing' that hidebound
'trades' use for self-job-protection will fade even more, and "just-in-
time" Education will supercede the 4-year college model.

The First Class Commercial Radiotelephone license I worked so hard on in
High School is no longer required to fix broadcast transmitters. And the
world has not come to an end. People who can do the job get hired to do
it, and those who can't get fired. Used to be they BOTH had licenses...

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Regards, Terry King ...In The Woods In Vermont

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