Re: [MLUG] what happened to Igor?

[Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 8/8/05, Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On 8/8/05, Phillip Kelchen <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > /"I'll bet that Igor could get into the Ivy League schools (but they
> > probably don't give you a good bang for your buck)." /
> >
> > Oh, yes. My brother is just finishing up summer school at Harvard (he's
> > taking organic 1, 2, and the lab.) He hates it up there- the food is
> > awful, his dorms not air-conditioned, and the interior of the buildings
> > makes the Physics auditoriums look good.
> 
> On the one hand, a lot of stuff isn't air-conditioned in New England,
> and I don't know many people who have ever thought well of college
> food, but there's a lot more to college than AC and good dorm food.
> By far the biggest difference in general between MU and one of the
> Ivies is that the students at your average Ivy (and Harvard is
> probably below average :-)) are *so* much more motivated and
> interested in learning.

Now Igor is (we think) at UMR, where students and professors are more
motivated and interested in learning.  At least the engineering
students.  ( I got my BSEE from UMR and my MSEE from UMC.  Compared to
UMR, I would say the EE and computer programs at Mizzou are more like
tech schools to teach Java to offshore programmers. )

Regards,
Mark
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