Few are qualified to teach - NOT

Very few people make good teachers, including most of the characters in our school system today at all levels. Mastery of a subject must be coupled with communicating effectively at all levels of student understanding and this is where the author also fails MISERABLY. Sadly, Timothy is another typical member and example of the 'Lousy Teacher Club.' After reading the first chapter, I felt that I wasted two hours of time and as I usually do, I quickly embarked on a search for somebody who can clearly TEACH the subject. I left Timothy at the blackboard mumbling to himself and scooted over to IBM Redbooks with a consortium of world experts. I don't know whether they can teach or not; You'll have to check it out for yourself. For me, effective learning usually means lots of clearly displayed illustrative pictures and hands-on interactive teaching-aids together with typed discussion. I think the instruction should be in shorter chunks so the student isn't overwhelmed by any one lesson. Scott Mueller, another mumbling member of the 'Lousy Teacher Club', wrote an equally miserable book called "Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Eighth Edition." I dumped Scott's cumbersome writing style and found a great teacher named Charles K. with great coursework at PCGUIDE.COM. Great teachers usually follow one or two guidelines: SIMPLE IS BETTER and in the case of "typewriter-itis", LESS IS MORE.

Other Reviews

• I bought the book several years ago when I knew very few about TCP/IP and networking.
• Ok, but better books available.
• This is a sorry book.
• Few are qualified to teach - NOT
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