Rants+and+Raves

I do get frustrated with some issues of academia. How do we teach our students? Do we use our full time or do we get enough and let the class go? What is the student paying for? Well, I did get an answer the other day - what do you mean what are they paying for, they are all financial aid." Doh...

I had a student tell me that the instructor of one of the classes just reads from the text book. Ok, and? No interaction with the students. The instructor then hands out a study guide for the quiz that will be given the next class. But the students fail and the instructor does not understand. Looking at the study guide I can understand why. Geesh...

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