"Bill Sohl" wrote ...

Well Arnie, nice of you to take my text out of context. You try to imply
by my stating the obvious, that I am saying we should end tests and that is
BUNK. The point I was making was simply that even a multiple choice test is
sufficient a barrier to keep 99% of the population from even considering
becoming a ham... that said, the statement does not then lead to any
position or support by me of ending written testing.
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"Not so fast there, Brian. NCI has been on the record as saying that the
tests should be made less technical. Not a far leap at all to presume they
will try and "dumb" them down even more." - Arnie (7-8-2003)

Once again, I have been accused of saying that NCI wants to END testing.
Never said it. BRIAN said it, then tried to attribute it to me. What I
said (above) and stand by, is that NCI is in favor of less technical tests.
They would favor written tests that concentrate more on rules and operating
skills and less on knowing the alpha of a bipolar transistor.

Arnie -
KT4ST