Kind of like the Nazis
I graduated in Geology in 1975 and Pharmacy in 1985. In 1975 the professors use mostly subjective questions unless their was only one right answer in which case they used objective tests.
In 1985 in Pharmacy school almost everything was objective. The professors were protecting themselves from accusations of racial discrimination, thus they went to right or wrong answers. Those tests can be a real bitch.
Oddly in Pharmacology and Disease courses it was almost completely subjective as there are more than one right answer for disease treatment. By the time you get to these courses those that can not hack it in a tough major are gone as chem, physics, math etc. has already got rid of the weak. You will make it.
The decay so deep that we need something far more serious. In fact, a root canal won’t do it.
"The more the student disagrees with the professor, the more delighted he becomes!" it was said.
This was the fast lane to Truth and more wonderful wonders than anyone could imagine.
This was the attitude that had brought the American Dream to the world and promised even more miracles to come.
Contrast that with the decadent, fascist system of today, when conformity is demanded, a diverse or contradictory opinion suppressed and punished, and the last thing any professor wants is for students to think for themselves.
In the decadent period of Western Civilization in America, all standards are lowered.
Better yet, the people should be made intolerant of conflicting ideas to help deter outbreaks of dissent.
To an alarming degree, that’s how our colleges now function. Robust debate has given way to a “cancel culture” in which anyone who is out of step with the reigning orthodoxy is apt to be viciously attacked.
Academic freedom is under siege, as even tenured professors can be put through a “living hell” (to quote Stanford medical professor Jay Bhattacharya) if they dare to speak out against what they regard as bad ideas.good
Good reasons never to spend tons of money for any worthless Instant Unemployment Degrees.
You should have seen and hard the leftist prattle that was foisted upon us in my master’s program. “Intersectionality” was presented as wholesale genocide to those with more than one tick of the minority cattle call.
Otherwise know as “Joe Biden’s employee pool”
Second, they want to drop grades in K-12 schools because it shows the unwillingness of students to learn.
Third, the want to drop advanced placement programs and "gifted student" schools because it highlights the groups of students who are not.
Fourth, they want to drop secondary math and science classes from the 9-12 curriculum because it shows how far behind the proficiency curve American students have fallen.
Fifth, they want to drop high achievement awards because the wrong students are winning them.
Sixth, they want to drop the courses that students can't pass and replace them with "participation" classes that boost students' self-esteem and false sense of accomplishment.
Seventh, they want to drop the SAT and other college admissions requirements because American students are no longer qualified to attend.
Finally, I'm not surprised to find that the academics who recommended all these things have falsified their credentials all along the way.
-PJ
You should have seen and hard the leftist prattle that was foisted upon us in my master’s program. “Intersectionality” was presented as wholesale genocide to those with more than one tick of the minority cattle call.
Otherwise know as “Joe Biden’s employee pool”