Originally Posted by
ve3id
Well, I don't know much, but as a professor of electronics engineering technology (retired), I do know that I have seen more than my share of supposed electronics graduates from that part of the world that would have filled the lab with the smell of burning flesh if I hadn't stopped them turning on the soldering iron while they held the wrong end!
It could also be argued that you deprived them of an excellent learning experience that could have a lasting affect on their future work abilities.
Having said that, I have also experienced the product of our own universities and met people that were totally out of their depth operating simple hand tools.