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Another Brick in the Wall Joe Thompson Editor Canadian Industrial Machinery joet@cimindustry.com 289-337-3290
Volume 24, Number 5
August 2010
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Joe Thompson
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Waiting in my doctor’s office recently I was pleasantly surprised to find a copy of The Economist among the wasted paper of Us Weekly, Star, and the latest medical literature on common skin disorders.
With some time to kill and a robust read in front of me, I dived in and learned that
I don’t know as much as I thought I did about the difference between arbitrage pricing and capital asset pricing. While this self-described political, literary, and general
newspaper has always been conversational in tone, the subject matter is definitely
designed to enlighten.
It has been some time since I last sat in a classroom, and I must admit my skills,
like my eyesight, are degrading. This doesn’t necessarily have to be the case, however. My doctor, for example, didn’t stop learning after earning her medical degree.
In fact, physicians are required to engage in a process of continuing education.
If you’re like me, your memories of classroom-style learning are filled with that
“dark sarcasm” that Pink Floyd sang about a generation ago.
But education has changed since the band’s heyday. It no longer means long lectures from septuagenarians in those tweed jackets with leather elbow patches, droning on and on, seemingly enjoying the sound of their own voices and little else.
Continuing education in manufacturing, while not as critical as it is for the medical field, can separate the can-dos from the can’t-dos. By keeping up-to-date on new
trends, techniques, consumables,
and equipment, today’s manufacturers can stay ahead of the curve. And
when you are competing with other
shops across the street and around
the world, being able to do what oth-ers cannot is a good thing.
While classroom settings are still
the norm, gone are the tweed jackets
and overhead projectors. Classrooms
are now hands-on work environments that can simulate real-world problems and offer real-world solutions.
Also, thanks to the power of the Internet, Webinars, or Web-based seminars, are
becoming increasingly popular.
Whether you learn online or in person, the goal is the same: To increase your
knowledge continually to prepare you for real-world problems.
And this time, no one will steal your lunch money.
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