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Velo Vol said:
Do you give that many As?



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Nearly half my student grades an A? Honestly, it often depends on the class. Some classes are just, quite frankly, better than others. Yes, there have been some sections to which I've most likely given As to roughly half the student grades. On the other hand, there are some sections to which I've probably not given more than 10-20 percent As. For instance, I gave more Cs and NCs (No Credits) to one of my comp sections this semester than I think I gave other grades combined.

Overall, I'd say I probably give somewhere around 20-30 percent of my students As, 40-50 percent Bs, and 10-20 percentish any other grade you can think of. This is of course, very unscientific.
 
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volprof said:
Overall, I'd say I probably give somewhere around 20-30 percent of my students As, 40-50 percent Bs, and 10-20 percentish any other grade you can think of. This is of course, very unscientific.
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Back in my day we had to earn our As.

But really, if the grades mean what they are supposed to mean, how can college teachers justify giving more than 20% As?
 
#11,506
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Velo Vol said:
Back in my day we had to earn our As.

But really, if the grades mean what they are supposed to mean, how can college teachers justify giving more than 20% As?
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Back in your day, business and money weren't as involved in education.

Another reason why I laugh at the "privatize education" nitwits.
 
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You know, with all the US-blaming, I don't think I've seen an article or commentary anywhere trying to pin the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis on America. I've seen plenty on how Gorby/Yeltsin were American lapdogs and how the US tried to divide Russia throughout the 90s, but I have yet to encounter commentary on our direct involvement in that particular phase of Russian history. Seems like such ripe ground for retroactive anti-American historians.

I expect to encounter such commentary eventually.
 
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Burhead said:
Russia Removes Wanted Poster for Separatist Minister Suspected of Fraud | News | The Moscow Times

Oh Russia, you loveable goof. Also this;

Russia Update: Druzhinniki Volunteer Police Patrols, a Staple of Soviet Era, Revived in Russia | The Interpreter
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Putin has rode this crisis he created for all it's worth. Now he has another means of consolidating his post-fascist power with these patrols. Unbelievable. Wake up, people of Russia! Which, then again, I don't think they care. They're like American neantherdals on meth.
 
#11,514
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Velo Vol said:
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There was money. How does this lead to grade inflation?

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Too bad. I don't know if this book is still in favor, but I enjoyed it when I was in English comp.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/598501753219317760
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This is a subject that could have its own thread, but, to simplify it, here goes:

1. With state budget shortfalls, public schools have sought alternative means of sustaining themselves.

2. In the process, many business folk have been consulted or even hired to administrative positions. Today, more so than ever, college is a business.

3. The Humanities, in particular, has to fight and claw to make itself still relevant in the eyes of corporatists. Failing a bunch of students is not a way to do this. So, we've had to lower our standards, even though it's not an official policy. It's just implicitly understood.

4. As a business trying to make as much money as possible, colleges now accept way too many students who aren't even qualified. A college instructor 20-30 years ago was dealing with much more qualified students than a college instructor today.

Hopefully points 3 and 4 help you understand the historical grade disparities. While they would seem to make no sense out of context, it is all about money and business and sustaining oneself and his or her dept. In the process, standards are lowered. I don't necessarily think students are receiving a poorer education than in previous errors, but I do think we are graduating poorer students, if that makes any sense.
 
#11,516
#11,516
For a person who constantly questions the legitimacy of American news sources, you sure do seem to put a lot of stock in Russian ones.

Just when I thought you were making more progress with your Civil War commentary a couple days ago, you go and do this again.

Anyhow, while you have me on ignore, I still haven't given up on you. You're still salvageable. Ras, forget about it. He's too far gone.
 
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I'll be honest, and this kind of hurts me, but I appreciate RT. And Ras and Pacer have made me do so.

RT, while obviously anti-American, at least strives for some sort of semblance of credibility.

Pravda, and similar sources, don't even try. Whenever Pacer links another Pravda article/op-ed, I have to decipher whether or not it's serious or an Onion piece.
 
#11,518
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Ukrainian intelligence is saying that the rebels have moved Tochka-U missiles into Makiivka. Look at what city is now in range of said missiles;

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#11,519
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volprof said:
4. As a business trying to make as much money as possible, colleges now accept way too many students who aren't even qualified. A college instructor 20-30 years ago was dealing with much more qualified students than a college instructor today.
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Feel free to start a thread, but I thought in the case of UT, at least, when the state implemented the lottery scholarship program the number of applicants/credentials went up. Heard people complain that your traditional average TN student was having a harder time getting in now.
 
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Velo Vol said:
Feel free to start a thread, but I thought in the case of UT, at least, when the state implemented the lottery scholarship program the number of applicants/credentials went up. Heard people complain that your traditional average TN student was having a harder time getting in now.
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If that's the case, then the average Tennessee student sucks.
 
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CIA coup occurred at the JBANC Conference, forcing these panelists to serve the interests of the American government and big corporations and Jewish banksters and Nazis and Israel and and and...

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQTESFbQ4eY[/youtube]

I enjoy reading Schindler's blog (although it's been a bit sparse here lately; I guess because of him working on his WWI book), and, as it turns out, he's also a good listen. He speaks at the 25 minute mark.
 
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volprof said:
If that's the case, then the average Tennessee student sucks.
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The class that just graduated.

By ACT Scores, UT’s Incoming Freshmen are in State’s Top 8 Percent | Tennessee Today

The class has the highest average ACT score in UT’s history. The freshman class’s average score was 26.7, 0.3 higher than last year. The new class has an average GPA of 3.87, compared to 3.81 last year. Forty-six percent come to UT with average high school GPAs of 4.0 or better, compared to 41 percent last year.
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volprof said:
I enjoy reading Schindler's blog (although it's been a bit sparse here lately; I guess because of him working on his WWI book), and, as it turns out, he's also a good listen. He speaks at the 25 minute mark.
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Interesting point by the Daily Beast and RT panelists about the chaos theory of Russian media--portraying the West as being in chaos.

Not news/reporting, but a nice write up by Chrystia Freeland. I didn't realize she's now a Canadian MP.

My Ukraine | Brookings Institution
 
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