01-13-2018, 11:25 AM
This is the kind of thread subject we like to chip in on because, in our opinion, everyone is right. Bud is correct because instrumentation users very quickly start speaking and more importantly "thinking" in terms of sharpness numbers as opposed to anecdotal terms and tests. KG is right because you first have to get the horse up to the trough before he'll drink. We suppose that it would be much easier to teach a Frenchman to speak English if the instructor speaks both languages. KG is speaking two languages with his sharpness chart.
Here is a little anecdotal "language" story of our own. One of us here had a high school Spanish teacher who would travel down to a small, inland, Mexican village for several weeks each Summer. The moment he showed up in this small Mexican village the number of English speakers in it swelled to 1. Of course this was his way to keep his Spanish speaking skills sharp. He told his Spanish class that he always knew the instant that he had accomplished his task when he realized that he had begun to "think" in Spanish. That's what edge sharpness instrumentation users do, they begin, very quickly, to "think" in BESS numbers and thank you very much to Bud, KG and Ken for expressing their thoughts, examples and experiences on the matter here.
Here is a little anecdotal "language" story of our own. One of us here had a high school Spanish teacher who would travel down to a small, inland, Mexican village for several weeks each Summer. The moment he showed up in this small Mexican village the number of English speakers in it swelled to 1. Of course this was his way to keep his Spanish speaking skills sharp. He told his Spanish class that he always knew the instant that he had accomplished his task when he realized that he had begun to "think" in Spanish. That's what edge sharpness instrumentation users do, they begin, very quickly, to "think" in BESS numbers and thank you very much to Bud, KG and Ken for expressing their thoughts, examples and experiences on the matter here.