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This is college?

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Like most people during the first week of classes, I sized up my teachers.

Many of my instructors seem competent. I might actually learn something from them this year.

However, I have some professors who remind me of high school teachers. How can this possibly be college if university professors are acting like high school teachers?

I'm sure a lot of people have had a class where the teacher felt it necessary to read the syllabus to the class....

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N Boydston

posted 8/27/07 @ 9:04 PM CST

It sounds a lot like you're just not interested in history. Providing a placement in history allows ultimately for greater understanding of a concept. Were it not for history education, many people who thought genocide was a viable solution to various issues would be in power today. Thankfully, most are educated about Hitler's regime during the early 1900's, leading to a better level of understanding about intersocial tolerance and diplomatic solutions. History allows us to learn from others' past catastrophies and triumphs.

I agree that professors need to be confident in their use of the educational tools available at our college. After all, we are paying to have those tools available for use. Good point here.
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