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Sparky · 10-27-2014, 01:18 PM

To offer a serious response

I do believe because of the high saturation that schools are more likely to expect "over achievement" though I can do nothing but speculate that this wasn't always the case.

Perhaps it's simply a lot more students who wouldn't otherwise be attending university are now being "forced" to.

I do think some form of education reform is overdue, but don't dare offer any insight as to what this would entail. I think classes should offer multiple forms of grading.Students who are adept at retaining vast amounts of information should score high marks on tests alone. Students who struggle in this capacity should be allowed alternative, but equally grueling, measures in which to score high marks.

For a math course this could be taking 20 quizzes over the course of the semester as oppose to one final, or something along those lines.

Personally, I find the variability in professor's kind off frustrating. You may have an extremely difficult course that is relatively manageable because of an understanding and competent professor. You may, on the other hand, have a relatively familiar course that is needlessly complicated because of a incompetent, non understanding professor.

I recommend online courses. You don't have to attend lectures, you get to interact with students without the air of superficiality(I'm going to sit at this table because of hawt chix) and get to dictate your own pace to a larger extant. I think online courses is where this reform may come into place.

10-27-2014, 01:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	To offer a serious response I do believe because of the high saturation that schools are more likely to expect "over achievement" though I can do nothing but speculate that this wasn't always the case. Perhaps it's simply a lot more students who wouldn't otherwise be attending university are now being "forced" to. I do think some form of education reform is overdue, but don't dare offer any insight as to what this would entail. I think classes should offer multiple forms of grading.Students who are adept at retaining vast amounts of information should score high marks on tests alone. Students who struggle in this capacity should be allowed alternative, but equally grueling, measures in which to score high marks. For a math course this could be taking 20 quizzes over the course of the semester as oppose to one final, or something along those lines. Personally, I find the variability in professor's kind off frustrating. You may have an extremely difficult course that is relatively manageable because of an understanding and competent professor. You may, on the other hand, have a relatively familiar course that is needlessly complicated because of a incompetent, non understanding professor. I recommend online courses. You don't have to attend lectures, you get to interact with students without the air of superficiality(I'm going to sit at this table because of hawt chix) and get to dictate your own pace to a larger extant. I think online courses is where this reform may come into place.