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What motivates me to study electronics is that it's one of the things that we are all dependent on, and yet so few people understand. But I am unsure of the best way to go about studying it. I would like it independently, without having to enroll in a course.
It's also interesting the way so may businesses go weeks without the use of certain appliances because they're awaiting some guy to come fix it. Then the guy comes to fix it and it turns out that it was something very simple that was causing the problem... something that anyone would be able to solve. The guy will explain what happened in case it occurs again, but no one will listen! They'll just think "oh it's fixed". Funny! And whenever I see someone fixing something, I can't help but think that whatever is being done is something that's relatively simple to explain... and therefore it's a shame that I don't know what's going on.
Do you ever have that moment in life when you see someone fix something (whether it be an electrician, builder or engineer) and you feel for a second that you're no man in comparison to them? You may earn more money they do in your fake job - whether it be in HR, telemarketing, advertising, or any paid academic position (there's so many) - but you realise there and then that your job doesn't contribute to society, and that even if it does it's probably a job that pretty much anybody can do anyway. You know that if the country were at war, or if you were stranded on a desert island, that people like this would definitely be more likely to shine. I remember once in a factory I worked at, there was a superb maintenance guy who just so happened to walk around like he owned the place... I guess it stemmed from the fact that he knew the entire factory was dependent on him. Unfortunately though a lot of us are brought up in a society where trades are looked down upon in comparison to going to university. All I'm saying is that I really do not understand why people really couldn't care less about how things work!
I've always intended to get around to understanding more about electronics. You may say that these days we don't need to pay to be able to educate ourselves with the internet, but whenever I try to study science independently I stumble into too many dead ends. I think the best way to describe my struggle with self teaching, is that the more I read the more questions I have. I like to be able to conceptualise things the right way in order to study further. Otherwise it will seem as if I am constantly running into contradictions and the subject matter seems very hazy. I like to list all the questions I have, and write down all the things that don't make sense to me. Of course I don't have anyone to answer these questions, and I don't feel the motivation to proceed studying without these questions being answered! If I still persisted studying it may well turn out that such stuff would eventually become clear and that if I looked back at these listed questions that I'd realise why I was thinking about it the wrong way... or else I'd realise how it was badly explained in the first place!
The other motivation issue I have is that because there is such an overlap between electronics, maths and physics, that often when I'm studying one area I'll end up seeing references to another subject area that (I've previously been exposed to in school or wherever). And then I'll wonder whether or not I should go back and study that subject area separately before starting on the subject matter I initially intended to study.
Has anyone else here tried to study electronics independently? It would be great if I could somehow seek out someone online that would answer any miscellaneous questions I'd have and I could pay so much for every 10 questions.
It's also interesting the way so may businesses go weeks without the use of certain appliances because they're awaiting some guy to come fix it. Then the guy comes to fix it and it turns out that it was something very simple that was causing the problem... something that anyone would be able to solve. The guy will explain what happened in case it occurs again, but no one will listen! They'll just think "oh it's fixed". Funny! And whenever I see someone fixing something, I can't help but think that whatever is being done is something that's relatively simple to explain... and therefore it's a shame that I don't know what's going on.
Do you ever have that moment in life when you see someone fix something (whether it be an electrician, builder or engineer) and you feel for a second that you're no man in comparison to them? You may earn more money they do in your fake job - whether it be in HR, telemarketing, advertising, or any paid academic position (there's so many) - but you realise there and then that your job doesn't contribute to society, and that even if it does it's probably a job that pretty much anybody can do anyway. You know that if the country were at war, or if you were stranded on a desert island, that people like this would definitely be more likely to shine. I remember once in a factory I worked at, there was a superb maintenance guy who just so happened to walk around like he owned the place... I guess it stemmed from the fact that he knew the entire factory was dependent on him. Unfortunately though a lot of us are brought up in a society where trades are looked down upon in comparison to going to university. All I'm saying is that I really do not understand why people really couldn't care less about how things work!
I've always intended to get around to understanding more about electronics. You may say that these days we don't need to pay to be able to educate ourselves with the internet, but whenever I try to study science independently I stumble into too many dead ends. I think the best way to describe my struggle with self teaching, is that the more I read the more questions I have. I like to be able to conceptualise things the right way in order to study further. Otherwise it will seem as if I am constantly running into contradictions and the subject matter seems very hazy. I like to list all the questions I have, and write down all the things that don't make sense to me. Of course I don't have anyone to answer these questions, and I don't feel the motivation to proceed studying without these questions being answered! If I still persisted studying it may well turn out that such stuff would eventually become clear and that if I looked back at these listed questions that I'd realise why I was thinking about it the wrong way... or else I'd realise how it was badly explained in the first place!
The other motivation issue I have is that because there is such an overlap between electronics, maths and physics, that often when I'm studying one area I'll end up seeing references to another subject area that (I've previously been exposed to in school or wherever). And then I'll wonder whether or not I should go back and study that subject area separately before starting on the subject matter I initially intended to study.
Has anyone else here tried to study electronics independently? It would be great if I could somehow seek out someone online that would answer any miscellaneous questions I'd have and I could pay so much for every 10 questions.
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