tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5647725625981726906..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Teaching Mistake Number One: Inquire As To What The Precious Snowflakes Are Thinking. Meet Doc Slash!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1323899466441366332014-09-22T08:14:36.624-04:002014-09-22T08:14:36.624-04:00I agree with all this, except perhaps about whethe...I agree with all this, except perhaps about whether this truly qualified as "a topic about which he knew very little". As you note earlier, his knowledge of theology appears to be mere (mis)charicatures implanted by imperfect elders, and his knowledge of evolution much moreso. The irony is that he rails against indoctrination at the same time he is so clearly a living example of it. <brOgre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49768641775845008742014-09-22T06:16:18.291-04:002014-09-22T06:16:18.291-04:00NO: modern students are too dumb, literal-minded, ...NO: modern students are too dumb, literal-minded, and experience-starved to know it's bogus, even after it's explained to them that it was bogus. Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27082524388445409822014-09-21T23:50:11.146-04:002014-09-21T23:50:11.146-04:00I'm going to make my students argue about whet...I'm going to make my students argue about whether monkeys like pizza just to see what they do with it. <br /><br />I wonder: does giving a bogus assignment to prove a point ever work? The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44416023158437158472014-09-21T14:58:46.744-04:002014-09-21T14:58:46.744-04:00"we came from a God"? So is there more ..."we came from <i>a</i> God"? So is there more than one? I didn't realize that polytheists objected to evolution. Of course, I'm one of those weird Christians who believes that Genesis is metaphorical and that evolution is one of the mechanisms set in place by God when (s)he created the world, so what do I know? On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that the fact that "Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71936561330745935472014-09-20T04:14:49.117-04:002014-09-20T04:14:49.117-04:00I like to point out to cases like this that airpla...I like to point out to cases like this that airplanes do fly, the computer used to write this does compute, and, most to the immediate point here, antibiotics do cure disease and modern agriculture does work, all because of exactly the "science" your student mentions. <br /><br />Why the quotes? Your student is trying to express skepticism, and make sure you know it, even though it'Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com