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Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:49:26 GMT
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Mookie wrote:
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> "Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:
> <snip>
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> > Going to college
> > has NOTHING to do with "initiative, leadership and an ability to work
> > in groups ". Working in the real world deals with these issues, and
> > college is about as removed from reality as anything.
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> I have to totally disagree with you here... We work in groups in school
> right now, You have to learn the team spirit and how to work in a group
> in order to be productive in the REAL world.. Companys don't want people
> who are only interested in themselves, they want people who are able to
> work with a group to better the company. Maybe it's just my computer
> programming/networking major. example... when you're writing a prg you
> don't reinvent the wheel, you use other peoples code.. now.. you know
> someone else has what you need, and they aren't a "team" player,
> wouldn't you be a little more than upset that you have to rewrite that
> code... besides the fact your employer wouldn't be to happy about you
> taking the extra time... believe me.. that person wouldn't be there very
> long.. In this world you're either a team player or you're not.. though
> you better damn well learn how to be if you ever want to get anywhere...
> and where's the best place to learn that? School.. at least they've
> finally gotten one part of education right... Now if they'd just take
> that algebra and shove it someplace I'd really be happy...
To underscore the importance of teamwork, I will also point out that
here at IBM, evaluation of teamwork is roughly 1/3 of our annual
appraisal.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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