Avoiding Leftist Indoctrination at American Colleges and Universities

Townhall.com ^ | November 19, 2011 | Daniel Doherty

[lump in the melting pot]

What makes you think I’m not shooting for the PhD? And yeah, the math is not easy, but seeing what passes for a work ethic among the typical undergrad, I conclude it’s a lack of persistence rather than a lack of raw talent that defeats most of them. STEM majors work hard for it, and have to forgo some of the vomiting and STD’s that seem to be part of the modern liberal arts curriculum. As a fringe benefit, our profs tend to keep their ideology, whatever it may be, mostly to themselves.

[onyx]

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[OldPossum]

Well, if you are convinced that it’s just a matter of ambition versus a talent—and that’s what it really is—for math, then we have nothing more to say to each other.

P.S. I would ask that you run this by, say, the head of a college engineering department and see if he or she thinks that every student can successfully handle an engineering curriculum.

[wintertime]

It’s simple really: major in engineering..
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That's not so simple. Two things are needed to succeed if one chooses engineering:

1) Adequate math foundation. Few students are getting this in our socialist K-12 schools. Personally, I would not be surprised if large numbers of college students could not add and subtract mixed fractions or define the meaning of the word, “numerator”.

2) Adequately high enough IQ.

Few socialist school teachers have either an adequate math background or IQ to do engineering, yet, these are the people licensed to teach the nation's children. Real engineers with high IQs and excellent math backgrounds aren't licensed to teach.

[A_perfect_lady]

I don’t really agree with the “tell the prof what he wants to hear” approach. I argued with my professors all through grad school. I argued in class, I argued on paper, I stalked them to their offices and argued some more. I argued at parties. I argued at conferences... upon reflection, they may have given me “A”s in hopes I’d just hurry up and go away. ;^)