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From: uucibg@sw1e.UUCP (3929] Brian Gilstrap)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: The need for an advanced degree
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Date: 11 Jan 89 13:38:16 GMT
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In article <18960@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> matloff@iris.ucdavis.edu (Norm Matloff) writes:

     [good intro]

>Let's use this notation:
>
>   Group A:  Domestic, straight from BS to MS.
>
>   Group B:  Domestic, work in industry before MS.
>
>   Group C:  Foreign students.
>
>Before going on, I should insert a disclaimer that I am just talking
>about tendencies below, and don't mean to imply that every single
>student is like this.

     [ much good material deleted ]

>>	Who would you rather teach?  Why?
>
>For a systems course, I'd much rather teach Group B, and take them on
>as research students.  For a theoretical course, I'd choose Group C;
>Group A seems less interested in theory, and Group B tends to have
>forgotten its advanced math.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Who? Me?  Naaww!  Now, what's an integral again?... :-)

Actually, your words give me hope for getting into a "good" (by my standards)
graduate program someday.

>   Norm

Brian R. Gilstrap
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