The following is from the current ARRL Web Page article “Is Your
Club’s License Class Really Efficient?”
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“ I met the group in the
morning for the experiment. I did nothing more than provide them with a printed
copy of the Technician Question Pool and set them only to reading it for three
hours--no lecturing, no explaining, no teaching. We took 15-minute breaks every
hour, had lunch at
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I wonder when we shifted from encouraging folks to learn about Amateur
Radio as moved to a “just study the question pool mode.” This concept unabashedly
touts relying exclusively on short term memory to pass the Technician test. It
doesn’t even pretend to promote remembering the material beyond the test
much less understanding the material.
If this is the new paradigm we ought to consider cutting costs by
dumping The Big Project, cutting the entire Education Staff and just publishing
a monthly journal and books. Wait a second --- if all we need to know are the
answers in the question pool why bother with a journal or books?
I’m going to have a tough
time challenging those who say we are “dumbing
down” Amateur Radio if ARRL is promoting this.
Jay, KØQB