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Of course, this, in the rare cases it is applicable. In my current course we have 400 students with 3 Prof. ... So it is not really applicable. Another thing t
by amitport 5y ago
Of course, this, in the rare cases it is applicable. In my current course we have 400 students with 3 Prof. ... So it is not really applicable.
Another thing to note is that undergrades' first job usually depends on having good grades. Some people will get lower grades and those will complain to the point of suing the university into having a more seemingly fair and unbiased process. (Note actually fair, but I'm pretty sure whoever will get a low grade on the Socrates style conversation will be pissed and demand something else. This kind of mentoring only makes sense in the PhD level really, where grades matter less)
- christophilus 5y agoI thought of this when posting. Honestly, universities are the educational equivalent of industrial farming. We need a rethink. When I was in university (some time ago!), it was always the large courses that were easiest to game. They were also generally the subjects I was least interested in. My small comp sci courses were amazing in contrast. Easily worth the cost of admission. I think the education system would be much improved if we had fewer, but significantly smaller courses. So, you pay the same price, but instead of 100 courses of massive size, you get 25 courses of small size.
- mkl 5y agoFewer courses that are also smaller? Wouldn't that mean the number of students has to go way down? Paying the same price seems unlikely.
- DreamScatter 5y agoyes, the number of students has to go down, very few people want to take these 400 person classes, these classes are only taken by people because some random department needs funding, so they require people to take classes they don't need.