tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post3792814242687798070..comments2023-06-03T07:31:58.418-05:00Comments on The Critically Pissed: College Students aren’t learning shit (?) [by anon]Critically Pissedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616961824286610531noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-10816895625388074922012-08-16T10:31:11.559-05:002012-08-16T10:31:11.559-05:00i believe that is the incorrect use of sub-par in ...i believe that is the incorrect use of sub-par in your article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-72259605921445841652012-08-09T13:24:59.492-05:002012-08-09T13:24:59.492-05:00Someone wrote an entire book about corruption at U...Someone wrote an entire book about corruption at UW-Whitewater? <br />Wow not cool. <br />I would have certainly picked a different university if I knew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-72892644620930689022012-08-05T12:34:38.133-05:002012-08-05T12:34:38.133-05:00If you can find it I suggest reading Corruption On...If you can find it I suggest reading Corruption On Campus, which is all about UW-Whitewater. Also UW-Whitewater has a problem of teachers curving grades to no end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-63484095068343386312012-08-03T11:15:09.821-05:002012-08-03T11:15:09.821-05:00That is what the post is getting at. College is s...That is what the post is getting at. College is supposed to be more than a technical school. It is supposed to be a place for rich education, a place where people learn to think in complex ways and figure out how to solve non-textbook problems. The issue is whether higher education is simply another credentialing institution or if there is something robustly more to it. I aim for the latter - I will always aim for the latter - but things are looking grim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-39121740160190339922012-08-03T10:27:09.776-05:002012-08-03T10:27:09.776-05:00The post did not say that there is no learning tak...The post did not say that there is no learning taking place... it said that students aren't learning how to think better (maybe you have to re-read). <br /><br />Anyway... students can learn and memorize a warehouse of information/techniques and go on to be doctors, laywers, or whatever, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are going to a) be GOOD doctors, lawyers, etc. or b) think critically about what they've been taught in order to be innovative and creative problem solvers. A lot of people in a lot of professions seem to have a systematic way of dealing with everything, and over and over they use the same methods they learned in school, but they may not have learned the methods of thinking required in order to more accurately analyze what they've learned, what they experience, and the new information they receive day to day. I guess this is just my speculation about what this post is trying to get at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-27763308488291960712012-08-02T13:05:18.507-05:002012-08-02T13:05:18.507-05:00Steve Nass is a Whitewater grad and he gives the p...Steve Nass is a Whitewater grad and he gives the pointed headed liberals hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-90447647936858389252012-08-02T10:12:48.529-05:002012-08-02T10:12:48.529-05:00So what are you going to do about it instead of ju...So what are you going to do about it instead of just bitch and moan? The ship will never go down. People have been talking the same shit for the past 25 years. No learning taking place on campus, yet we have grads in medical and law schools, some of them are even medical doctors. You say however that they do not learn how to think at Whitewater. Lets improve the fitness center.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-18309654583113763542012-08-01T23:07:09.745-05:002012-08-01T23:07:09.745-05:00HAHAH. I wish UW-W had a better fitness center/wei...HAHAH. I wish UW-W had a better fitness center/weight room. My high school weight room had more lifting equipment...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-28511692331736061592012-07-30T23:10:19.673-05:002012-07-30T23:10:19.673-05:00Well, if I wasn't completely depressed before ...Well, if I wasn't completely depressed before I read this, I am now.. <br /><br />Are these mainly just America's problems, or would we find this kind of stuff happening in other countries too?<br /><br />Also, how do we get rid of the fluff of college? And how do we make teachers NOT treat tenure like it's a get out of jail free card or something?<br /><br />I don't know. Thinking about this stuff makes college seem like a big scam to me in a way, and unless everyone uses the available resources and works hard to get the most out of their occupation (as a student or professor), college won't be much more than four years of expensive job training/partying for the student, and a weekly paycheck for the professor. <br /><br />It just seems like too few people think about education the way you do for things to actually change (not to be a Pessimistic Pete, or whatever). <br /><br />Anyway, what's the point in the big scheme of things? So the ship is sinking... if it goes down, so what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com