Why would you want to study a problem before solving it? Who cares if the solution is right or wrong, optimal or sub-optimal …. etc.?
Patient: Doctor, my problem is that I have a sore foot.
Doctor: I can solve that problem. I’m an RMIT graduate. Cue sound of chain saw.
Patient: My cat has a problem, it keeps vomiting.
Veterinarian: I can solve that problem. I’m an RMIT graduate. Cue sound of lethal injection.
Policy advisor: Mr President, there’s a problem with illegal immigrants.
President: I can solve that problem. I’m an RMIT graduate. Build a wall!
Let’s cue some Bob the Builder music: Can we solve it, yes we can!
What a moronic slogan that some idiot probably got paid a mint for coming up with. Matched only by the moronic slogans of most private schools: A True Education etc.
I enjoy the almost parenthetical “collaborate with industry to develop real-world solutions”. Perhaps the implication is that since industry doesn’t understand real world problems, RMIT shouldn’t bother educating its students to understand them either.
Thanks, TSM. To be fair, most of RMIT’s academics would be as appalled by that sign as the commenters here. Most tertiary institutions have a snake-oil media team, willing to say any crap they think might attract “customers”.
Why study anything at all. Indeed.
Why would you want to study a problem before solving it? Who cares if the solution is right or wrong, optimal or sub-optimal …. etc.?
Patient: Doctor, my problem is that I have a sore foot.
Doctor: I can solve that problem. I’m an RMIT graduate. Cue sound of chain saw.
Patient: My cat has a problem, it keeps vomiting.
Veterinarian: I can solve that problem. I’m an RMIT graduate. Cue sound of lethal injection.
Policy advisor: Mr President, there’s a problem with illegal immigrants.
President: I can solve that problem. I’m an RMIT graduate. Build a wall!
Let’s cue some Bob the Builder music: Can we solve it, yes we can!
What a moronic slogan that some idiot probably got paid a mint for coming up with. Matched only by the moronic slogans of most private schools: A True Education etc.
I should also add: Who cares if studying the problem leads to new insights? (Obviously not RMIT)
That’s one university to cross off my list once I graduate.
I enjoy the almost parenthetical “collaborate with industry to develop real-world solutions”. Perhaps the implication is that since industry doesn’t understand real world problems, RMIT shouldn’t bother educating its students to understand them either.
That’s one university to cross off my list once I graduate.
Thanks, TSM. To be fair, most of RMIT’s academics would be as appalled by that sign as the commenters here. Most tertiary institutions have a snake-oil media team, willing to say any crap they think might attract “customers”.
That’s absolutely correct. Please, don’t lump academics in with the institution.
Gee, Glen. I can’t imagine why you chose to voice your agreement.
Certainly not anything to do with anything that has been posted on here before!
No, of course not …