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Joe,
Not trying to "stir the pot" here, but as a faculty member, I can assure you
that if your instructor doesn't want to hear about MSDNAA, the Dean of the
department will. Sometimes things roll farther "downhill" :-)
I cannot speak for all colleges, but where I am, students certainly *do*
have a voice and are listened to (moreso than faculty, in many cases).
I would suggest that you and some of your classmates research MSDNAA, then
go to the Dean with your request, if your instructor shows no interest. The
cost to the department is $799 for the first year and $399 for annual
renewals after that. If you wish to use it, please feel free to show my web
page:

http://www.rose.edu/faculty/pvan/msdnaa.htm

and have someone from your school contact me from the link here:

http://www.rose.edu/faculty/pvan/index.htm

I'll be glad to tell them how successful we've been with MSDNAA and how much
our students appreciate the benefits of the program.


--
Peter [MVP Academic]

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personally i would "encourage" your school to become a member of the
MSDNAA. Gather your fellow student programmers, attend a .netug (search for
a user group in your area) tell them the situation mabye some real
programmers breathing down the neck of your "instructor" could speed things
along.

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PLEASE!!!!! it makes me wonder what sort of instructor you have, somebody
who doesnt keep their head in the real world really isnt worth having IMHO.

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ffs - put some pressure on her, any *professional* educational
establishment worth their salt (or half a brain - you choose) needs to
equip their students with the tools that are needed in the real world.

dont give up, keep at her for something to happen.

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lol - sorry that just sounds like she doesent know what shes talking about.

the main diffrence between vb.net & vs professional (extra toys aside) is
that with vb.net all you get is the vb.net compiler. with vs professional
you get to play with vb.net, J#, C# & C++ (managed or not) compilers.

personally vs professional is worth the investment if you intend on coding
in anything other than vb.net

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Steven H - B.I.T. Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand
..net Geek

L_0000: ldstr "Operator Error! - Insufficent Intellegence "
L_0005: call Console.Write
L_000a: br.s L_0000

How sad the creature that has not the competence to see beyond its own
inconsequentiality and degenerate to spell checking when their feeble mind