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While I appreciate the sentiment behind this, I have to disagree. It is very important to maintain a certain level in advanced classes, or the classes become a
by seizethecheese 13y ago
While I appreciate the sentiment behind this, I have to disagree. It is very important to maintain a certain level in advanced classes, or the classes become a farce. I am at a mid-tier state university right now and I feel like it's some sort of nightmare with all the nearly illiterate students.
- gizmo686 13y agoIf students elect to take classes far beyond their level then they can simply have no idea what is going on and fail. That should be enough of a natural consequence to discourage a flood of under-performing students to high level classes.
- dragonwriter 13y agoDunning-Kruger explains why that can't be relied on to discourage the flood -- the people that ought to be discouraged may well agree that unprepared students shouldn't register for the high-level classes, but won't realize that they are unprepared.
- seizethecheese 13y agoThe problem is that most courses are graded on a curve, so these students just degrade everyone's standards. My 400 level university classes are absurdly easy. I can get a B just by attending class and spending less than an hour per week.