> Usually you don't put the crappy teachers in the lower division classes Since when? The hard-and-fast rule is junior faculty are assigned intro classes. We

> Usually you don't put the crappy teachers in the lower division classes Since when? The hard-and-fast rule is junior faculty are assigned intro classes. We often give youthful teachers higher marks than crusty, doddering emeriti, perhaps for good reason, perhaps not. > I appreciate your cynicism, but based on her teaching load, I'm going to > guess that she is also a good teacher. GP did not question her teaching ability, but your inference of said ability from her impressive ascent at Stanford. It's a bit like inferring LeBron James must really be mature since he entered the NBA straight from high school.