It’s astonishing to know that only 3 out of 30 students know how to use a screwdriver. But when I think about it, isn’t it what the engineering school’s syllabi do to us? I heard someone claimed that they need to relearn everything after they find a job. We keep dumping the knowledge to our students’ brain just like teaching a soldier how to kill a dragon. Where can we find the dragon for that soldier to kill?

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Interesting story from Armani! I found students tend to use the easy route. Go directly to the answer and try to avoid the process is definitely one of the easiest routes. Actually, in some cases, we all want to skip the “unnecessary” and get the targets. If I can skip the work and get the salary, I won’t refuse it. It’s a good strategy to me. I view this mindset as problem-oriented learning/engineering/strategy. However, there are many things that are too beautiful to skip. I don’t want to skip to the end of a movie when I just start to watch. I don’t want to become a grandpa without experiencing dating a girl and getting married. I think our job as educators are to making the processes become the students’ “problems” and fun experiences.

Thanks Grace, I got it! ?

Hi Sara, thanks for posting for the group. You can link to my blog using this address: https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/zhanyu/blog/