5 Jan
2012
5 Jan
'12
8:18 p.m.
On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Fred Cisin wrote:
Q: Won't some students have difficulty with that?
A: Oh, it's "Social Darwinism". We have too many entering students, so we
WANT 80% to drop out of the program in the first year. If we don't get at
least 80% leaving the program, then we merely increase the workload until
enough fail and leave. Sometimes we have to work them 20 hours a day, and
assign 4:00 AM lab times, etc. to get the desired result. They won't be
expelled, or anything, they can still become business majors.
UMCP does the exact same thing, only they mix in unfair/arbitrary grading
practices to jack up the failure rate. AFAICT, they do it so that they can
get the students' money for a couple of semesters but not actually have to
teach them anything. I switched to math after 2 semesters in CS and never
looked back. Not that that stopped me from programming (for the university
no less), or getting a career in software development... made me hate the
university administration though.
Alexey