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He might be intoning the stereotype (which may or may not be true) that there are more "slacker" students joining business programs, whereas engineering student
by squidbot 17y ago
He might be intoning the stereotype (which may or may not be true) that there are more "slacker" students joining business programs, whereas engineering students tend to be more focused and disciplined. Therefore, you might see a very different article from an instructor at MIT.
- telemachos 17y agoRight, but that difference (if it were real, which I doubt) should cut across the two groups of students (American and non-American). Or at least, we have no reason to think that "business students are lazier than other students" tracks or causes the difference between Americans and others that the author focuses on.
- randliu 17y agoI'm just saying that all the author is observing is that the students with the most to lose, work the hardest. Foreign students obviously have a lot to lose since they're coming overseas for an education. On the other hand, the American students she interacts with are likely wealthy and don't necessarily need stellar grades to move on to a professional degree program e.g. medical school.