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Professor removed for tough grading (Grade inflation has become the norm at LSU)
American Thinker ^
| 04/16/2010
| Thomas Lifson
Posted on 04/16/2010 7:33:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
We need more like her...
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:39:23 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: SeekAndFind
"I believe in these students. They are capable," Good for her! Finally, a professor who understands that coddling these kids does nothing but cripple them later in life when they run face-first into reality.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:39:23 AM PDT
by
thecabal
(Destroy Progressivism)
To: SeekAndFind
Grading on a curve was the beginning of the end, IMHO
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:40:10 AM PDT
by
divine_moment_of_facts
(Give me Liberty.. or I'll get up and get it for myself!)
To: SeekAndFind
President Obummer removed for two-faced gloating (lying and bragging about it has become the norm at WH)
To: SeekAndFind
I hypothesize that if you spent more time reading the class material and showing up for class and less time staying up all night to do bong hits and missing her class, you would be passing her class.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:42:05 AM PDT
by
RC one
(WHAT!!!!)
To: SeekAndFind
You make your course ridiculously easy, you get good student evaluations, the administration pats you on the back and this keeps the enrollment high and the tuition bucks coming in.
That’s exactly what I am involved with and I don’t care, I play the game because as a grad student I only have to do it one more year. But God bless this professor.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:42:37 AM PDT
by
Catphish
To: SeekAndFind
I wonder how many LSU football and basketball players were in her class and whether the coaches made a phone call to the Dean.
To: Labyrinthos
It’s a far cry from the days when Woody Hayes taught a History class at Ohio State.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:46:28 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SeekAndFind
However, if 90% of the class is failing, she needs to do something differently.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:46:52 AM PDT
by
twigs
To: SeekAndFind
ha, if only Obozo had encountered enough profs like this at Columbia and Harvard..... he never could have graduated!
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:47:31 AM PDT
by
Enchante
(Obama and Brennan think that 20% of terrorists re-joining the battle is just fine with them)
To: SeekAndFind
AHA!!!Caught that bitch being a good teacher......fire her immediately...what if this gets out!!!
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:48:30 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: thecabal
Good for her! Finally, a professor who understands that coddling these kids does nothing but cripple them later in life when they run face-first into reality.
Is this phenomenon limited to the likes of LSU, or are even Ivy Leagues doing the same ?
To: Catphish
“You make your course ridiculously easy, you get good student evaluations, the administration pats you on the back and this keeps the enrollment high and the tuition bucks coming in.
Thats exactly what I am involved with and I dont care, I play the game because as a grad student I only have to do it one more year. But God bless this professor.
We appreciate your candor.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:49:33 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
To: SeekAndFind
My natural tendency is to side with the professor, but there are exceptions. I had a high school advanced math teacher who so traumatized me with his tests, that I went from intending to be a double E to pre-med, just so I wouldn't have to take much mathematics.
After I received my degree, I finally worked up the courage to take calculus. I wound up with a minor in math with a B+ average.
There are such things as abusive teachers who beat down students to stroke their own egos.
Don't know which this is, but as it is LSU (my alma mater), I suspect this is simply PC running the school and tearing down a good professor.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:50:07 AM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
To: Sudetenland
After I received my degree, I finally worked up the courage to take calculus. I wound up with a minor in math with a B+ average.
So, what are you now ? A doctor or an Electrical Engineer ?
To: Labyrinthos
Actually not all athletes are poor students. Some of them are very good students, do the work, and show respect to the professors. They tend to be the swimmers, lacrosse players, and runners. Football and basketball players can be problematic but not all athletes.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:53:16 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: twigs
Bull! It’s a college course if you are failing you have to cut down on the parties and study. Ten percent passed it so it is not an impossible task!! I think the 90% are probably either hunkering down or have dropped the course, either way her class will improve considerably.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:54:11 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: SeekAndFind
Some Ivy League schools are far wose. Take a look at the reading lists for Cornell humanities courses, for example. What is said about white males would be hate speech if said about any other minority.
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posted on
04/16/2010 7:54:14 AM PDT
by
bIlluminati
(Don't just hope for change, work for change in 2010.)
To: SeekAndFind
You mean she expects people to work, study, learn and succeed??? Why the BASTARD!!!
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