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Originally Posted by Throndor
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Did the first two years at a JC, transferred with a 3.9 GPA. You're right about it being cheaper to transfer, and i suppose theres not much of a difference between GE requirements at either type of institution. Landing an A did'nt require much effort if you disingenuously allied yourself with your professors ideological bent, but it seems that's a given at any institution of "higher education" these days, where smart = conjuring boogeymen to pin people's shortcomings on.
What do you think of the Sokal affair?
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Clever work, similar to the experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram.
It reveals that the established parameters of higher learning can only exist in theory because the standard itself isn't sufficiently tested except through graduates out in the professional world and in cases like Sokal.
In a lot of ways colleges cause more issues for the world than they can hope to solve, and often do so through trying to solve them.
In my first college course we were explicitly instructed never to use the word "gypped" because it was offensive to gypsies. We were then sent on a scavenger hunt around campus to become more familiar with its layout, except it was named something "more appropriate" to avoid disparaging scavengers. This was not considered a liberal college either and the professor repeatedly felt the need to inform everyone that he voted for Bush and "respectfully disagreed" with those who did not. It would have been equally irrelevant if he kept telling everyone he voted Nader. Having to include "respectfully" just added to the bs notion that we were somehow more civilized now through this sensitivity training which was present from class to class.
There was so much politically correct verbal tiptoeing going on that mental gymnastics were impossible. Comedians that used to perform at universities now avoid it altogether for that same reason. Everyone is offended for someone else they don't have any interest in otherwise.
But to the point about the credibility of college credits, regardless of external influences, that is more difficult to measure. It's easy to know when a welder has been poorly trained or taught something that is incompatible with the reality of the job. But with a softer, less
hands-on
job this is not always so apparent or it is less likely to be questioned/challenged by others given the setting. Everyone can name at least one office worker or college professor who should have in all rights been unemployed, but who maintained his or her position because of connections and/or politics.
Also, the experiment should serve to remind students that the mind is not to be directed entirely by a syllabus and that evidence to advance our understanding of reality is not confined to what the status quo signs off on.
My GPA was much lower than yours btw. Consistently 3.75, just enough to get on the dean's list along with a thousand other names.
01-23-2019, 08:21 PM
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