Posted on 10/06/2014 5:27:13 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Where does H0lder fall on the spectrum?
I’m not sure; he doesn’t say “wiff” or “birfday”, and he’s right to accuse us of cowardice.
If you go to Princeton, it’s assumed you’re either smart or rich, probably both. Why blow the image with compulsory curve grading?
And then there’s Michelle...
Oh yeah. What I learned was that a professor demanding and interesting enough could motivate me to go on field trips to draw stuff. I am not a particularly talented artist (snork! - yeah, like I'm not a particularly talented NFL defensive lineman) but he taught me what I was after, to be reasonably accurate. And also something a lot more precious: to see.
It is rather amusing to recall why I was in that class. It wasn't an elective - I was a Microbiology major and back in the 70's you still had to be able to draw what you saw. In a microscope. For younger FReepers: a microscope is an old-fashioned instrument that had glass and slides and oil and stuff and you looked through it with your eyeball. And you couldn't take pictures with your cellphone. And yes, Louis Pasteur was my lab partner... ;-)
You’re spot on. I come from the 50s-60s and we were taught reading, phonics, comprehension, math, writing, critical thinking and analysis.
Many of my students are abysmal at grammar, spelling and reading as well as math. The problem with this is that addressing this huge gap is not the responsibility of the colleges, it is the responsibility of K-12. If corporations and employers want more literate students then they need to pound on K-12. Many of the teachers my kids had even 15-30 years ago could barely formulate a coherent sentence because they were never taught the basics either.
A lot of higher education wants to address the problem by spreading writing and language skills across the curriculum which is an absurd dilution of the subject that accomplishes nothing. It’s like requiring every course in a program to incorporate two chemistry lessons in each term of every course. Then they could say that the student had a minor in chemistry. Yeah, sure.
The “product” we receive from high schools these days are generally substandard when it comes to reading, writing, and math. Based on what I’ve seen, most K-12 teachers are overpaid based on the quality of the students they put out.
School of 0bama? Hospital of the Moose?
They will give the A’s to the leftist students
I once knew someone, a college professor, who had a Ph.D. from Princeton but could not read his own diploma.
He was literate--but the diploma was in Latin.
Not even slightly true.
There are some fine universities with flawless standards.
Outside of the US.
No speaka da english?
I graduated from Princeton, not rich, but fairly smart. No grade inflation then. I fondly recall a few engineering exams where the average grade was in the 40’s (out of 100), which was a B. The low scores were meant to beat you up and try harder. I also recall the organic chemistry professor saying not to worry about finding a seat, there would be plenty after the first exam. He was right.
Si, io parlo l’inglese.
Then why go to college? Just write a check and collect your degree? College is a waste of time.
I dated a girl that went to Princeton. She said the only thing that was difficult about the ivy league was getting in.
She sounds "easy".....
Ja kan ikke snecke Swenske...
Jag kan inte förstå svenska
You should have “converted” her......
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