Argghh, please do not decry the state of general education when you can't spell. I <i>know</i> this is a nitpick, but phrases like "I've had the good fortunate" do not help your cause.
This is cool...I had no idea people didn't like microcontroller classes. At my school, "Principles of Engineering" (microcontrollers + mechE) is almost universally loved and a whole lot of fun.<p><a href="http://www.olinprojects.com/tag/principles-of-engineering/" rel="nofollow">http://www.olinprojects.com/tag/principles-of-engineering/</a><p>It seems that we learn in class a lot like how you originally did. Agreed that it is way better and more fun.
This is great, while I've often <i>thought</i> I should go back to my college and bridge the glaring holes between the curriculum and reality, I never got much further than that.<p>Definitely alumni going back and helping their schools should be encouraged, and hopefully most dept's are humble enough to accept that help. But I worry it's a small thing that doesn't scale, have you thought about the growing online education movement as a vector?