General Studies
A First Handbook for Technical Students
Published on 23. May 2014
168 pages
978-1-4831-8078-6 (ISBN)
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General Studies: A First Handbook for Technical Students deals with liberal, general, social and English studies. This handbook narrates the author's reminiscences of childhood in a large Welsh industrial town at the beginning of the Great War, about his grandpa, his first day in school, and the time when he takes his eleven plus test. At Technical College, he studies mathematics, Workshop Technology, and attends further studies to become a qualified technician. He explains how not to get lost in a library and recommends some books that are well worth reading. He finds a job when he reaches 15 years of age as an apprentice at the Pirelli plant at Burton. In his job, he becomes aware of the possibilities of accidents and discusses the major responsibilities an employer has toward his employees. He also explains what effective communication is, and how to use technical description and explanations. He writes about the impact of the ""goggle box"" or television, the miracle of newspaper publishing, as well as the problems of the younger generation. General readers who like autobiography with a mixture of humor and personal philosophies will find this book entertaining.
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AcknowledgmentIntroductionChapter 1 Writing About One's Self Reminiscences of Childhood Granpa and the Pipe Teacher's Flowers A Day I'll RememberChapter 2 Further Education "There Ain't no Exam in it" Cold Comfort for the Teenage TechnicianChapter 3 Library Workshop "All them Books . . ." Finding Your Way round the Library Finding out Information Types of Books in Reference Sections Exercises on General Reference Books Library Projects: Exercises Some Books that are well worth ReadingChapter 4 Out to Work "Gerrout An' Look for a Job" Background to Apprenticeship "Our Works" Other People's JobsChapter 5 Accidents at Work Accidents to Young Persons Responsibility for Industrial Accidents General ExercisesChapter 6 Effective Communication Wimpling the Gimmer Hazards of Description Technical Descriptions Explanations and Descriptions An Example: Why Smash Atoms?Chapter 7 Consumers in the Sixties The Pluggers and the Suckers Advertising Hire Purchase Safety Standards Analysis of Advertisements Further Reading ListChapter 8 Cigarettes and self Destruction Growth of a Habit Room to Doubt How does Smoking Cause Cancer? The Verdict on CigarettesChapter 9 For Better, for Worse The Impact of the "Goggle Box" Seven Years of T.V. Commercials For and Against Pilkington in PerspectiveChapter 10 The Power of the Press The Daily Miracle Thirty Million Newspapers "What's in Today's Paper?" The Battle for CirculationChapter 11 A Problem Generation? Influence and Affluence The Mixed-up Kids Other's Opinions As Eve Spoke to her DaughterBeatheadAppendix: Training in Industry
