On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:06:56 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/4/13, 10:46 AM, KC wrote:
On 12/4/2013 10:36 AM, Hank© wrote:
On 12/4/2013 7:52 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
Most of the upper level courses I got to take - the "300" and "400"
classes were more contemplative and thought-provoking.

--
Religion: together we can find the cure.

How do you grade crap like that?


On a curve


Neither you nor your buttbuddy Hankster the Prankster went to college or
grad school, so you should stick to subjects with which you are
familiar. In your case, that would be "how not to hang onto a decent
job," and in Hankie's case, that would be "how to fix obsolete outdrives."

Most of the upper level courses in my majors required the students to
research, cite, and write long (usually) papers that demonstrated depth
of knowledge of the subject matter, the ability to interpret it, and the
ability to write about it. For final exams, the questions and answers
were so long, you could arrange to take the tests in a proctored
classroom where you and other students who wanted to do so could use a
typewriter. I remember one of my classmates filled three blue books with
her handwriting in response to an essay question.

When my wife was working towards here Ph.D, she had two rounds of
written exams that lasted several days each, plus a three day oral exam
before a faculty committee in which she was questioned in depth about
every doctoral level course she took, plus a half day of oral exam
before a doctoral committee in which she had to defend her dissertation.

Oh, and let's not forget: to even get into a grad school, you had to
have really good grades as an undergrad, you had to have high scores on
the Graduate Record Exam (a super SAT/Achievement exam), you had to have
strong written recommendations, et cetera.


Someone, somewhere....gives a ****.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!