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From: abc@brl-tgr.ARPA (Brint Cooper )
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Subject: Re: Free and undirected campus computing facilities - Not at Waterloo (medium long)
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> > 
> > Sure, and you learn biology with nothing more than a pencil and a
> > magnifying glass, but not as well as you could learn it in a fully
> > equiped lab, all other factors being the same.
> >
> No.  The best way to learn is to read.  Nothing has come close to the
> *WELL STUDIED* text book for imparting maximum information in minimum
> time.  It is not as much fun as 'hands on'.  It takes effort to read.
> It is enhanced by a good instructor and well planned exercises.  These
> may be computer based exercises or 'hand graded'.  Doesn't make a bit of
> difference if your syntax error was found by the instructor, a computer,
> or the student in the next seat.
> 

> E. Michael Smith  ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems

Boy, I sure am glad that E. Michael Smith is not the surgeon who cut my
chest open in June!

Brint