Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found security flaw in state site

Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by logifail on Thursday October 21, 2021 @01:12PM (#28947656)

> Post-secondary education, regardless of the specific major a student chooses, does provide a significant benefit to society: especially in the early years, it teaches students how to think critically.

(My highlight)

I wish that were true, but it isn't always the case.

My counter-example is my ex-colleague who started her science PhD at the same time as me in the same research group as me waaaay back in the late 1990s.

Long and short of it, we each did our 3-ish years in the lab, she wrote up her thesis, I wrote up my thesis, we each had our oral exam around the same time. Her writing (her words) was "torn to shreds", she ended up back in the lab for several months doing more work and some serious rewriting, I got away with only a handful of typos to fix.

I blame our supervisor for this, but that's another story.

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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by cdcarter on Thursday October 21, 2021 @01:33PM (#28947974)

I'm not sure how this is a counter-example of students being taught to think critically. Are you saying you did not think critically in your thesis but passed anyway?

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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by logifail on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:27PM (#28948894)

My colleague didn't seem to think at all. I've no idea why she did a PhD, and I don't think she knew either.

EDIT: (Follow-up Q) who exactly is supposed to be teaching critical thinking?

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