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Although there are specific, genuine concerns mixed into that anti-intellectualism sometimes: e.g. regarding political indoctrination through education. I used
by myrmidon 4y ago
Although there are specific, genuine concerns mixed into that anti-intellectualism sometimes: e.g. regarding political indoctrination through education.
I used to find such arguments patently ridiculous myself, until a very recent HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35488772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35488772.
The political slant in those EXAM QUESTIONS appears completely absurd to me-- its basically on a "full points only if you call the californians hypocrites"-level (and thats not even hyperbole), and if that is what an exam is allowed to look like I don't even want to know how much overt preaching happens in the lectures.
An opinionated professor is fine, possibly entertaining even, and being exposed to conflicting viewpoints is valuable in itself, but THAT went WAY beyound any reasonable bounds.
- e63f67dd-065b 4y agoYeah that midterm grading system was basically "you get an A if you agree with my political opinions, and you fail if you disagree". He's not even teaching at a tiny liberal arts college in the middle of nowhere, this is at George Mason University, a highly regarded research university. It's fine if he explains his viewpoints in lecture occasionally, but not if passing a class is dependent on agreeing with the professor on everything. If that were the case, most economists would fail his midterm.
- mnky9800n 4y agoYeah but he's an economist.
- sebzim4500 4y agoSurely that exam does not represent the typical experience of a US college student? It is insane.
- myrmidon 4y agoI don't think so (I asked in the comments and from the responses I got can only conclude that this is NOT the norm). But the fact that the professor himself has no problem sharing this online is concerning itself. This should, in my opinion, appear immediately and obviously unethical to everyone involved, even if you share the professors political outlook completely...