Aren't the intellectual / educational / achievment levels necessary for
entry to an earned masters degree program at an established and reputable
university supposed to be a tad higher than what I distill they are from
what Chris writes?
Maybe I am just a tad nieve !
jh
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From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Reminiscing [was: Re: iPhone et al]
> Not this one, I think he's very knowledgeable but he dumbs the class down
> for the students because he's too nice to tell them they have no business
> being there. I wouldn't be that nice. I think the prof is smart because
> we've had discussions outside of class where he talks to me on my level.
>
> He and a few other professors have told me that the intellectual level and
> educational experience of the students here is so low that if they
> insisted
> on teaching at a university level, no one would ever pass the classes
> except
> a handful of the very top students. :(
>
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> On 11/7/10 3:54 PM, "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Have you considered the possibility that you're talking above the prof?
>> :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> On 11/7/2010 3:43 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>>> Self taught. The schools here teach you to shut up, keep your head down
>>> and
>>> do what your masters tell you to do. So I amassed a 2000 volume library
>>> and
>>> taught myself about history, literature, politics, cultures, art, etc.
>>> Even
>>> my university degree really didn't teach me much, and the graduate
>>> program I
>>> am in pisses me off because I am in graduate seminars where none of my
>>> fellow students are even remotely academically prepared to discuss
>>> literature and history on that level. One of my professors told me a few
>>> weeks ago that I am "Distressing the other students" because I talk
>>> above
>>> their level. Sad.
>>>
>>>
>
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