Club vs Course

[JohnGC]

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If you go the paid instruction route, make sure you get someone who can actually teach and whose style suits you.

If the organisation you choose has several instructors and they rotate duties, then you have a better chance of finding one with a style to suit you.

John

 

[JumbleDuck]

If the organisation you choose has several instructors and they rotate duties, then you have a better chance of finding one with a style to suit you.

Good point. One man bands can be fine, of course, but if you don't gel you're stuffed. My young crew has taken dinghy sailing lessons at a nearby activity centre and each year we have been able to find an instructor who was a really good fit. That's not to say that the others were duds, just that it's worth looking for a really good connection.

 

[JohnGC]

Good point. One man bands can be fine, of course, but if you don't gel you're stuffed. My young crew has taken dinghy sailing lessons at a nearby activity centre and each year we have been able to find an instructor who was a really good fit. That's not to say that the others were duds, just that it's worth looking for a really good connection.

As an engineering student, maths wasn't easy for me. My progress always reflected the connection I had with the lecturer. There where those with a style to suit me and then the guy who liked to tell maths jokes but deliver the punch lines in German. I remember the (poor) jokes but getting laplace transforms back out of the S domain always eluded me.

John

 

[JumbleDuck]

As an engineering student, maths wasn't easy for me. My progress always reflected the connection I had with the lecturer. There where those with a style to suit me and then the guy who liked to tell maths jokes but deliver the punch lines in German. I remember the (poor) jokes but getting laplace transforms back out of the S domain always eluded me.

As someone who taught mathematics to undergraduate engineers for many years, I know just what you mean. Also, the Nyquist D-contour is your friend!