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kc117mx 8th Oct 2009

What I've found while pursuing my university IT degree is that the educational system in many ways does not encourage understanding of the concepts that drive IT, but rather rely on the student's ability to memorize information that may or may not be useful in the field. And since I currently work in IT, I have found that the information that is taught in class and forced into memory can be researched when needed while the information that is required for the most common day-to-day jobs is retiained and all else is lost. What colleges and universities should be teaching the students is not WHAT to learn, but HOW TO learn. With that knowledge, the student then retains the capability to react to any situation and evolve with the technology rather than get lost in all the hype.