I hated the wheels of learning.
2nd year has this brutally long and boring section on various motor types.
Try getting a bunch of young kids, who worked all day, who can't wait to get home to their girlfriends, to sit thru a detailed explanation of the inner workings of a squirrel cage motor at 8pm.
I didn't know who would shoot me first, them, or myself.
I often disregarded the books altogether, and tried to give them more practical field teachings relevant to what they were doing at the time.
I really felt that any apprenticeship should have included a year on how to become a foreman...ie: how to build a job, run a crew, etc. Real practical, real world stuff.
That seems to be lacking from every apprenticeship curriculum I have seen.
[This message has been edited by MONOLITH (edited 09-11-2004).]
