Posted on 10/24/2007 9:51:43 AM PDT by Disturbin
Yes, and yes. There was one other prof who taught it; his classes (unsurprisingly) were always full.
I didn't get into her motivations. I just assumed that it was becuase she was a, er, witch. When the first words out of her mouth (to a class of engineers) were "I don't like engineers, and male ones in particular", that's not a good way to win over an audience (Public Speaking, hello?).
Having a required public speaking class was an excellent idea on the university's part. Heck, 50% or more of what I do involves clear, concise communications to management, customers, clients, etc etc etc. Unfortunately, my college's implementation could use some improvement. Last I knew, she was still there, doing her dammdest to bring misery to the best and the brightest.
actually “Grade suit” cases are generally successful.
I think there is a 65% success rate.
Successful issue are teacher incompetence (good for new teachers especially), bias, and on the fly unannounced standard changes.
actually, no.
There have been more than a few grad suits and professors do NOT have unfettered discression.
does a student fail because a student would not trade sex for grades?
does a student fail because a sudent said they agree with ronald reagan?
does a student fail because they don’t support the 9/11 conspiracy theories?
Many univeresities have adopted anonymous grading, students get a code for their exam so their names are not on there. This is to minimize professorial bias.
I doubt “destroy students grades on whim” is part of the orientation manual for professors.
Well, I don’t remember what my kids’ scales were, but one’s finished her B.S. in Electrical Engineering and the other is a senior finishing his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, so it couldn’t have been too bad.
I thought it was Mr. Streisand (James Brolin)!!
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