Class 1

After the first night of class I am already the odd-man out. Everyone in the class works with electronics and has a clue. Me, I know nothing, which is why I am taking a class designed for those "with little to no knowledge" of electronics. The "no knowledge" part would fit me.

Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell the instructor about the "no knowledge" part. We didn't have the correct materials for Lab 1, so the instructor sent us home saying we could work on Lab 2 and get as far as we can. I can't even start because I have no clue how to read the schematic - it makes no sense to me.

On the bright side, I am doing fairly well (so far) on the theory part. I can count in base 2, 3, 8, 10 and 16 (and could fake it in other bases), can convert from hex to decimal to binary as well as directly from hex to binary (and vica versa). I even have a grip on gates (AND, OR and reversal). I'm still working on pulses, but I think I will do okay there.

Hopefully the guy that knows everything will help me out. I was the first person at class and he was the second. He made a big deal about letting me how much he knows (and later had to make a big deal about getting his Leatherman out for a small job). He probably does know as much as he makes it seem; he calibrates digital meters for a living . And , before tongues start wagging, he made a big deal about letting me know he was married too (with kids), so there is nothing on his mind other than stroking his ego. That's fine, maybe he'll help me get up to speed.

Next class should be interesting, and hopefully informative.

Comments

[bod]

well somebody should benefit from the ego stroking! best of luck.

[buffy]

Good luck!

[DCE]

If it is possible, I can give you a hand as far as schematics go...though I have no idea how we'd conference about it. *sigh*

[bogie]

DCE - I thought of you, but somehow I just don't see myself driving up to your place for tutoring unless I get really desperate.

Thanks for the offer though.