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> I realized that while the top decile could be trusted, everybody else was suspect, That is until the top decile is stuck in a required course they're not ver
by grawprog 6y ago
> I realized that while the top decile could be trusted, everybody else was suspect,
That is until the top decile is stuck in a required course they're not very good at and aren't interested in, then suddenly they have no problem handing in the same, slightly modified assignment the rest of the class handed in that was emailed by 'some classmate' who enjoyed stats programming in R.
- knzhou 6y agoDefinitely. That's another type of course that I hope to avoid having to teach. The ideal course has only students that are relaxed, engaged, well-prepared, and who actually want to be there.
- Loughla 6y agoAre you working in higher ed yet? Because for 99.999% of new faculty, your experience will be as follows: Adjunct (part-time) teaching of introductory courses to earn your stripes (students definitely don't want to be in this class, and you will need a second and/or third job). Full-time teaching of introductory courses after 5-7 years of part-time, because now you're not tenure track, and you still have to earn your stripes. Full-time, tenure track teaching of introductory courses with a couple of 300 levels thrown in to test your merits during the 3 year tenure process. Tenured full time faculty status, teaching where you finally get to teach the classes that students want to take. It's a garbage system.
- ipunchghosts 6y agoI can agree with the "it's a garbage system" sentiment. I think its even worse in engineering fields because many of the non-tenured faculty are incentivized to be that good -- if they were good, they would be working in industry making at least double of what they make now.
- knzhou 6y agoI'm a graduate student. Yes, I know about all of this -- I'm holding out hope to be one of the 0.001%. ;-) They do exist!