tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8337041952757607493..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: The Tuba-Playing Prof Does the "Honors."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8235464511026635962014-10-12T13:39:52.680-04:002014-10-12T13:39:52.680-04:00Yes, indeed. Ogre, you have hit it on the nose.Yes, indeed. Ogre, you have hit it on the nose.Trish from Texarkanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537710252663530562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26078040656183813872014-10-11T03:00:01.448-04:002014-10-11T03:00:01.448-04:00Another way to say this is that when we let machin...Another way to say this is that when we let machines do our thinking for us, it doesn't make us smarter. It can make us stupider, because of the atrophy.<br /><br />That said, as much as I'd like to ban calculators so my students will develop actual math skills, I never will. I'd be lynched!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14011206297775072762014-10-10T16:53:19.858-04:002014-10-10T16:53:19.858-04:00“What do you want—exactly?” “What should I do exa...“What do you want—exactly?” “What should I do exactly?” <br /><br />And I want to scream at my students - "If all you can do is give me what I want exactly as I have described it, then you are a robot. And you will never be as good a robot as an actual robot. And actual robots will take your jobs. Actual robots will eat your lunch. <br /><br />They'll. Drink. Your. Milkshake!<br Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64632057757860153772014-10-10T08:17:48.946-04:002014-10-10T08:17:48.946-04:00I could see how changes in the honors program can ...I could see how changes in the honors program can account for some of the changes in its students, but I also find myself agreeing with Cassandra. My programs are fed by the graduates of your programs, honors and non-honors alike, and I have found that all college graduates are getting a bit more "cautious, anxious, hesitant, alert yet passive at the same time, but mostly fixated on grades,&Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51758700100968505372014-10-10T02:50:54.394-04:002014-10-10T02:50:54.394-04:00In a similar way, the crowded academic job market ...In a similar way, the crowded academic job market is one reason that science isn't as interesting as it was in the '60s. The people who get selected for tenure-track jobs tend to be ones who haven't made any career errors. This therefore does not favor the risk takers. It makes for science that is incremental, conservative, conformist, plodding, and pedestrian. Revolutionaries need Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38797150140125061152014-10-09T22:23:54.226-04:002014-10-09T22:23:54.226-04:00Depressing, but not entirely surprising. It sound...Depressing, but not entirely surprising. It sounds like the changes in your honors college parallel, in a more extreme way, the direction in which colleges and their students in general are going, in an age of assessment, increased competition, and hyper-attention to "reputation." I, too, find that my (non-honors) students are "cautious, anxious, hesitant, alert yet passive at theContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com