A former colleague of mine developed an approach to teaching critical-thinking skills. In brief, he would ask the student for the solution to a problem, including a listing of assumptions. He would then tell the student that all of his assumptions were wrong: “so, what else could be going on?” And then keep repeating that for 5-6 iterations.
Being part of the project, knowing all of the processes, I have still frantically sought to add gas to a car with an electrical problem, replaced perfectly good batteries in a device with a (cleverly hidden) on/off switch in the off position, addressed the grading outside of the cabin to keep water from infiltrating while ignoring the leaking water pipe under the sink, etc. stan > On Oct 2, 2015, at 2:03 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > > John wrote: >> On 10/1/2015 10:09 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >>>> Bill wrote: > >>>>> Boy did I feel ripped off. >>>> >>>> No, you paid him $120 to take the time to drive out to your house. >>>> Pushing the tube back on, he did that for free. >>> >>> OK, drive out to your house and know to look at the friction fit tube. >>> >> >> Checking on-line, the cheapest Bosch dishwasher I found was $450, so he >> actually saved you $330. >> >> And if it ever happens again, you now know to check whether the tube has >> come loose again before calling the repair guy. >> > > It's amazing what you can find if you actually take a moment to look at > things when something goes wrong. Almost as amazing as what you can miss > while looking at those same things. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
