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RE: The disconnect between education and learning what is necessary

True, but if you just started learning a skill 3 weeks ago, it isn't right to give a test that includes ideas not taught.

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RE: The disconnect between education and learning what is necessary

I often felt the same way when a test problem couldn't be solved quite the same way as the homework problems.

1 year ago
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RE: The disconnect between education and learning what is necessary

Constructing homework problems that can only be interpreted one way, and making sure what the test maker things is the answer really is the answer, is...

1 year ago
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RE: SPCS 2022 legislation updates

I think the bill authors should get a clear idea of what they want the bill to accomplish. Some possible goals: Establish an umbrella term for SPCS an...

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RE: NGS document on horizontal marks

This might be a little relevant, because I volunteer with the Civil Air Patrol, and there are vertical control benchmarks in an area we can walk to fr...

1 year ago
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RE: NGS document on horizontal marks

Thanks for the responses. The links are interesting. It also suggests that I haven't missed a more up-to-date version of any of these.

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RE: Street line

In the drawing, the 400 foot square to the south of the road is sergeant-shultz's lot. The drawing is not quite to scale. Since I get to make up anyth...

1 year ago
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RE: Land Surveyor Halloween costume ideas

Unlike the vampires and witches with nervous parents, the reflective vest will fit right in with the little surveyor's costume.

1 year ago
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RE: Notary question

I'm a notary in Vermont. There's a good chance you or someone in your firm can become a notary in your state. But laws vary from state to state about ...

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RE: Last week was a bear

Are you allowed to plat it without setting monuments?

1 year ago
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RE: A reminder to all you deer hunters out there

The old joke in Vermont is that farmers paint "COWS" in huge letters on the side of their cattle so hunters won't mistake them for game. But not of th...

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RE: The student who got a B in Bowling Class

While I was studying electrical engineering, I had to take the usual number of humanities classes. One class I took was offered by the music departmen...

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RE: Locating the origin of state plane coordinates

@me The people I talk to are not surveyors. They are members of search and rescue teams. They sometimes ask what the various numbers around the edges ...

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RE: Survey Marker? What say you?

Seems like the tree grinding company might be on the hook to pay a surveyor to install about 8 line monuments.

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