My sister, who is at a major american university, indicated that there is a
general trend of dumbing down higher education. Students are now viewed a s
clients or ustomers who must be pleased, and getting bad grades or overly
challenged doesn't do that. the level of mollycoddling disturbs her to the
point that she is glad for her being near the retirement age. The university
at which she is an library administrator is of the calibre that none of this
should be necessary.
Bill Pearce
From: John Hudson [mailto:OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 5:08 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Reminiscing [was: Re: iPhone et al]
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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