College Is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary

Re:College Is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary by bphogan on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @01:06AM (#9650692)

No, college isn't boring. Lectures are boring. And they're boring because they can't rely on students to read the textbook so they have to tell you what's in the textbook.

The best teachers don't lecture. They facilitate discussion or present a problem and give you feedback while you work through it. You watch some videos outside of class and you come to class to be assessed.

But that's hard work. Lecturing for an hour 3 times a week and giving a bubble-sheet test is easy for the teacher, and easy for the student.

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Re:College Is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary by nightski on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @02:23AM (#9650862)

Well, the other problem is similar to all schools. Students are at varying levels of competence. I finished many labs in 10 minutes which took the other students a full hour and a half simply because I already knew Java/C inside and out. Same with lectures where I was already familiar with the material.

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Re:College Is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary by bphogan on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @09:47AM (#9652463)

The question is why were you in the class if you already knew the material? People like you should be able to get credit for what you already know if you can demonstrate it.

Unless of course you're just looking for a GPA and need the easy grade.

If the school just made you sit there because reasons, well, yes, that's a huge problem. A problem which is being rectified all over the US.

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Re:College Is Much More Than a Means to a Higher Salary by nightski on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @02:34PM (#9654780)

I actually did skip several math classes (calc 1/2) by taking exams. There was a limit to how much you could skip though as they wanted you to earn the degree.

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