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Yeah, there's a ton of BS in here IMO. For instance > Getting straight A’s requires conformity we could equally easily reach the opposite conclusion with an e
by cbkeller 8y ago
Yeah, there's a ton of BS in here IMO. For instance
> Getting straight A’s requires conformity
we could equally easily reach the opposite conclusion with an equally bald assertion that "getting straight A's requires an ability to hack the system"
- Retric 8y agoEhh, hacking the system to get straight A’s is a bad sign. The equivalent ‘hacking annual reviews’ makes you more expensive employe without a creating more value for the company.
- analog31 8y agoBut more value for yourself. "It is not to the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker..."
- cbkeller 8y agoMy point was that at the relatively evidence-free level of discourse seen in the article, we could equally well paint straight-A students as anything from conformist (as the article claims) to subversive. In my limited TAing experience, the actual explanation is much simpler: students who do very well in my class tend to do well in their other classes too because they're (as far as I can tell) smart and motivated. Go figure!