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Posted by blmblm@myrealbox.com on 03/16/07 01:04
In article <0001HW.C218D6D500545FC0F0203648@news.verizon.net>,
Randy Howard <randyhoward@FOOverizonBAR.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:57:19 -0600, Willem wrote
> (in article <slrnev6adv.2mb6.willem@turtle.stack.nl>):
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> > Of course, the world is not ideal by a long shot, and cynical minds would
> > agree that teaching your kids to pretend to agree with their mana... er, I
> > mean teachers, would help them to get along better in the real world.
>
> Exactly, and a point I've made to them on numerous occasions.
> Pre-warnings about some college professors that use their position to
> espouse propaganda rather than fact, how to detect them, and fill the
> little bluebooks with the silly bile they expect in order to receive an
> A have already been discussed. Clue #1: The professor requires you to
> purchase a book or books for the class authored by themselves. Sure
> sign of a waste of 3 credit hours memorizing their version of reality,
> only to be forgotten asap afterward.
No argument that this is a clue that maybe the professor is more
interested in pushing his/her own viewpoint than in teaching. But
"sure sign" .... Well, to pick an example many people will probably
recognize:
Does Andrew Tanenbaum teach a course in operating systems? if so,
does he use one of his books? seems that he does, or has:
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/courses/opsys.html
I guess even if one has written the greatest book ever on a subject
there might still be a reason not to use it in a class one teaches,
since by doing so one misses an opportunity to expose students to
multiple points of view. But it (not using one's book) would seem
to argue a certain lack of confidence in one's work, no?
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B. L. Massingill
ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.
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