When all this equipment arrived [at our high school], it was still in crates. …I remember the teacher saying, ‘Well, you can open any box you like, but there’s one condition: you have to read the manual first.’ This doesn't sound like a big deal, but to a student that just came to high school—to read a manual on how to use an oscilloscope, how to use a signal generator, a computer trainer, how to use all this advanced equipment—these were tricky textbooks to get through and understand. …we opened every single box.

~ Mike Lazaridis in Founders at Work

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