Inductance, mutual inductance, capacitance, RL, RC, RLC circuits.

not too terrible

As long as the connections have been properly broken in.

electroTOP

Man, people actually use the library for something other than sleeping between classes? Interesting...

I like going to a place to meet chicks where they are already in bed.

Circuity theory test tomorrow.

My knowledge of the material: not a whole hell of a lot

Amount of sleep predicting achieving: Not much

Probability of pulling an all nigher in the library: high.

And the difference in real life? I get to train some people on some things I don't understand tomorrow. Ought to be fun since I don't feel like studying tonight either. Eff it.

I enjoy it a hell of a lot more if I can see it in the first place and put my hands on it. And for being a EE I don't know shit about circuits and can't say its the most enjoyable thing ever. I really don't want to change majors 3yrs into engineering again either. I'm planning on finishing the EE degree with power systems (easiest and sounds most enjoyable) and work in the shop for 5-10yrs and get my own custom business up off the ground.

I learn with my hands as well, practical knowledge >> theory.

Agreed. Working in the shop its easy to tell what professors know a ton about theory and jack shit about practical knowledge and who actually knows wtf they are doing.

Man, people actually use the library for something other than sleeping between classes? Interesting...

All depends on the day.

Inductance, mutual inductance, capacitance, RL, RC, RLC circuits.

not too terrible

As long as the connections have been properly broken in.

Eh, not to much no, not very fond of my teacher.

Circuity theory test tomorrow.

My knowledge of the material: not a whole hell of a lot

Amount of sleep predicting achieving: Not much

Probability of pulling an all nigher in the library: high.

And the difference in real life? I get to train some people on some things I don't understand tomorrow. Ought to be fun since I don't feel like studying tonight either. Eff it.

I enjoy it a hell of a lot more if I can see it in the first place and put my hands on it. And for being a EE I don't know shit about circuits and can't say its the most enjoyable thing ever. I really don't want to change majors 3yrs into engineering again either. I'm planning on finishing the EE degree with power systems (easiest and sounds most enjoyable) and work in the shop for 5-10yrs and get my own custom business up off the ground.

I learn with my hands as well, practical knowledge >> theory.

unfortunately, engineering is almost entirely theory

Man, people actually use the library for something other than sleeping between classes? Interesting...

seriously lol

my favorite place for a nap

Man, people actually use the library for something other than sleeping between classes? Interesting...

I like going to a place to meet chicks where they are already in bed.

LOL, nice.

Inductance, mutual inductance, capacitance, RL, RC, RLC circuits.

not too terrible

As long as the connections have been properly broken in.

no worries, I sell a device to pre-break them in for you. Now for a super low introductory price of $799

I have been so freakin' hungry lately but do not have ample amount of time to cook. I need to take advantage of the next four months when I'm teaching fewer classes and have a little less work to do.

Do they teach you in that class where all the electrons go when they fall out of the cables into the carpet?

Inductance, mutual inductance, capacitance, RL, RC, RLC circuits.

not too terrible

As long as the connections have been properly broken in.

no worries, I sell a device to pre-break them in for you. Now for a super low introductory price of $799

Awww man, I'm broke now. I thought my sound stage was lacking from cables not being broke in.

Do they teach you in that class where all the electrons go when they fall out of the cables into the carpet?

Why yes they did, we learned that they all go visit the flea circus and give you the finger on the way out if you don't elevate the cables off the ground.

Silly little electrons.

Circuity theory test tomorrow.

My knowledge of the material: not a whole hell of a lot

Amount of sleep predicting achieving: Not much

Probability of pulling an all nigher in the library: high.

And the difference in real life? I get to train some people on some things I don't understand tomorrow. Ought to be fun since I don't feel like studying tonight either. Eff it.

I enjoy it a hell of a lot more if I can see it in the first place and put my hands on it. And for being a EE I don't know shit about circuits and can't say its the most enjoyable thing ever. I really don't want to change majors 3yrs into engineering again either. I'm planning on finishing the EE degree with power systems (easiest and sounds most enjoyable) and work in the shop for 5-10yrs and get my own custom business up off the ground.

I learn with my hands as well, practical knowledge >> theory.

unfortunately, engineering is almost entirely theory

You should have gone to a smaller school then. Small classes = hands on discussion, instead of lecture. By default it makes it a lot more hands on (not in the literal sense). Hell Physics is rather theoretical, but I made it through by discussing practical applications to understand really how it worked. Thank god for the profs I had access to though otherwise it would have been tough. Of course you get rather personal instruction when your senior year major classes averaged 4 people and they were taught by a prof as there is no grad school associated.

Do they teach you in that class where all the electrons go when they fall out of the cables into the carpet?

All the protesting hippies collect them in their extra "carpet"

unfortunately, engineering is almost entirely theory

It pisses me off to no end too. There needs to be a mix of theory and hands on. Thank god K-state still does quite a bit of hands on for engineering schools from what I understand.

You should have gone to a smaller school then. Small classes = hands on discussion, instead of lecture. By default it makes it a lot more hands on (not in the literal sense). Hell Physics is rather theoretical, but I made it through by discussing practical applications to understand really how it worked. Thank god for the profs I had access to though otherwise it would have been tough. Of course you get rather personal instruction when your senior year major classes averaged 4 people and they were taught by a prof as there is no grad school associated.

Now if I could have classes where we actually discussed real world applications and studied them as would be used in practice as an engineer, I think I would enjoy that quite a bit more, but not so much.

unfortunately, engineering is almost entirely theory

It pisses me off to no end too. There needs to be a mix of theory and hands on. Thank god K-state still does quite a bit of hands on for engineering schools from what I understand.

Majority of my education is hands on I'll go as far as saying 60-65% is hands on.

It works

Part of the problem I would think is that hands-on is simply getting harder to do in something like EE these days. You could do surface-mount stuff hands on, but anything much smaller than that and you're into some pretty specialized stuff...

Circuity theory test tomorrow.

My knowledge of the material: not a whole hell of a lot

Amount of sleep predicting achieving: Not much

Probability of pulling an all nigher in the library: high.

And the difference in real life? I get to train some people on some things I don't understand tomorrow. Ought to be fun since I don't feel like studying tonight either. Eff it.

I enjoy it a hell of a lot more if I can see it in the first place and put my hands on it. And for being a EE I don't know shit about circuits and can't say its the most enjoyable thing ever. I really don't want to change majors 3yrs into engineering again either. I'm planning on finishing the EE degree with power systems (easiest and sounds most enjoyable) and work in the shop for 5-10yrs and get my own custom business up off the ground.

I learn with my hands as well, practical knowledge >> theory.

unfortunately, engineering is almost entirely theory

You should have gone to a smaller school then. Small classes = hands on discussion, instead of lecture. By default it makes it a lot more hands on (not in the literal sense). Hell Physics is rather theoretical, but I made it through by discussing practical applications to understand really how it worked. Thank god for the profs I had access to though otherwise it would have been tough. Of course you get rather personal instruction when your senior year major classes averaged 4 people and they were taught by a prof as there is no grad school associated.

Fully aware.

I'm not the dullest knife in the drawer by any means, not the sharpest one either, but if you show me a real world application and how to apply it there and use it etc, I will take a quite a bit of interest in it if its even remotely interesting. I enjoy learning about stuff that pertains to real life and such, but you give me book work and I will be likely to tell you to go f' yourself. Doing crap out of a book bores me to death and I would rather swim in scissors.

Part of the problem I would think is that hands-on is simply getting harder to do in something like EE these days. You could do surface-mount stuff hands on, but anything much smaller than that and you're into some pretty specialized stuff...

Very true, but I think all the more basic shit like circuit theory one could all be taught as a 2 semester hands on lab and lecture rolled into one. Then again a lot of EE students I know don't give a shit about hands on, hell a lot of them couldn't wire a f'ing light switch if you told them to.

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You should have gone to a smaller school then. Small classes = hands on discussion, instead of lecture. By default it makes it a lot more hands on (not in the literal sense). Hell Physics is rather theoretical, but I made it through by discussing practical applications to understand really how it worked. Thank god for the profs I had access to though otherwise it would have been tough. Of course you get rather personal instruction when your senior year major classes averaged 4 people and they were taught by a prof as there is no grad school associated.

Now if I could have classes where we actually discussed real world applications and studied them as would be used in practice as an engineer, I think I would enjoy that quite a bit more, but not so much.

It wasn't that it was based on real world applications but when you have profs who understand that you need to learn by applying something it makes it easier for them to cater to you. Having more personal time with the professors was the real key probably.

Part of the problem I would think is that hands-on is simply getting harder to do in something like EE these days. You could do surface-mount stuff hands on, but anything much smaller than that and you're into some pretty specialized stuff...

Very true, but I think all the more basic shit like circuit theory one could all be taught as a 2 semester hands on lab and lecture rolled into one. Then again a lot of EE students I know don't give a shit about hands on, hell a lot of them couldn't wire a f'ing light switch if you told them to.

So many people in my circuits lab last semester couldn't figure out how to wire up a circuit of 5-6 components with the diagram right in front of them. 'Twas ridiculous.