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Funny I noticed both (1) AND (2) to be prevalent at all 2-4 "western" (German, British) unis I observed. And my suspicion was that (2) was a direct result of (1
by dualogy 16y ago
Funny I noticed both (1) AND (2) to be prevalent at all 2-4 "western" (German, British) unis I observed. And my suspicion was that (2) was a direct result of (1).
Obviously these issues won't exist in UK Cambridge, MIT, Stanford. Also not in Masters degrees at most unis. But I wouldn't call it a Chinese thing at all. Happens the world over based on my anecdotal evidence.
- bugsy 16y agoI think it's related to the idea that people are going to college for "training". I see the word 'training', implying blue collar vocational education, used a lot nowadays for supposedly university education. Someone will train you, meaning show you the reproducible steps for operating the machinery or replacing worn brakes. So a lot of people getting these degrees (regardless of country) are expecting to be shown what to do step by step, and that no design will be involved on their own part, given specifications they mechanically translate the specifications into working code.