<p>And again I ask you why you went to college. Are you saying that all courses are worthless except the 3-4 relevant to your future profession and thus we shouldn’t worry about grade inflation in irrelevant courses?</p>
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<p>I see. That’s unusual at my university. Even my upper level accounting classes (where accounting is known for small classes) had 30-40 students. Many other courses have been 60-300 students, so I wouldn’t expect a professor to associate a person with any anonymous comment.</p>
<p>That said, I would only put generic statements about the class if I was commenting on ratemyprofessor.</p>
<p>because the job i want requires a college degree? just because i can learn it from a book does not mean employers won’t hire u without it. Thats why i said it gives you options. </p>
<p>and yes, it is. Both my parents got their masters, both have told me the same thing, my internship has taught me the same thing as well. Will i need to know the math courses? yes, will i need to know all my chem e classes? yes, will i need to know those ■■■■■■■■ psychology/sociology/german classes i took? not a chance, a complete and utter waste of time but did it just to get a degree.</p>
<p>I think that there is value in RMP. I see hand written evaluations every semester and always try to make improvements.</p>
<p>If you use RMP any comments should be specific about what you liked or what you didn’t. I tell my students to tell me if I do something that bugs them and sometimes I change the way I do things. Specific comments are helpful.</p>
<p>And why do you think employers demand a degree for the job you want? </p>
<p>Will they still demand this degree if the quality of education in colleges crumbles and grades inflate incessantly? On a smaller scale, if your college starts handing out A’s left and right, will employers still give your college’s degree any consideration? </p>
<p>No. If everyone gets an A in college, then a college degree shouldn’t be valued more than a college acceptance. There’s no indication that you learned anything between acceptance and graduation. Even if you might have learned something; that’s not good enough. Apparently you could be learning all of this on the internet, right? Then the only point of a degree is that employers value it. </p>
<p>Why do they value it? Not because it presents you with knowledge. That knowledge can be had anywhere. It’s because it demands the learning, understanding, and work ethic (and maybe even teamwork) required to obtain such knowledge. It only demands this through grades.</p>
<p>As employers catch on to the diminishing value of most college degrees, newly minted college grads feel the blow. If it’s not today’s grad, then it’ll be the college grad 10 years from now. Either way, we should be avoiding that. Insisting on grade deflation is a start.</p>
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<p>There’s no reason to identify yourself on RMP. If you though the professor graded easily or wrote poor assignments, then say that–even mention specific lectures or assignments if you’d like. You can write generic comments (that don’t identify you) while still critiquing specific components of the class.</p>
<p>because its hard to get into the field without a degree, and its hard to get experience without getting into the field. its pretty obvious. Your not going to put some average joe taking care of an entire plant that could possibly be as dumb as rock, at least a degree in that field shows u have had some starting experience in it.</p>
<p>your exaggerating it, because not everyone will get A’s in college. Every now and then you going to have professors that passes A’s out easily, and professors that make you bust your ass just for a C. Take the good in with the bad</p>
<p>But why would you be upset that some kids think classes are too easy? The easier the classes, the more students get A’s. The more students get A’s, the closer college becomes to a worthless institute.</p>
<p>lol since when is the point of rmp (ratemyprofessor) to complain about a teacher being too easy? I feel like the point of the site is to make your life easier and pick good teachers that dont make your life hell.</p>
<p>Some students don’t want to waste their money by taking classes in which they won’t learn anything. Some students really are in college to learn. Other students who are in majors leading to jobs in certain fields know that to pass certification exams, they’ll need to have taken classes that taught them the required material.</p>
<p>^You have no point. Students seek degrees because employers value them. Employers value degrees because they require work ethic, intelligence, and knowledge acquisition to obtain. College degrees (and gpa) identify the above qualities only because high grades aren’t handed out to all who attend college.</p>
<p>Easy classes are useless to all. They slowly build a bad reputation in employer’s eyes, thus lowering the value of a degree for job seekers. These same classes are easy because they’re light and simplistic, so students who go to college for the sake of learning are disappointed, too.</p>
<p>College is supposed to make you smarter and push you to think harder about everything in the world around you. Maybe critical thinking skills, whether or not they are reflected in your GPA, is why some people can get high-profile jobs in areas they never dealt with in college. And how exactly are those high-level mental skills supposed to develop if professors don’t push you to think as well as you possibly could? </p>
<p>The OP’s criticism of the class is completely valid. I think that if he brought it up (however subtly), he might even be inviting a conversation with you?</p>
<p>The purpose of going to college isn’t merely to get a degree. It’s to learn how to learn, and ultimately to think. The reason employers want people who took psychology, anthropology and philosophy classes, despite being an engineering major, is because those students know how to think in a broader way than if they only learned the engineering curriculum.</p>
<p>The reason I’m going to college is so that I can have a more fulfilling life. Regardless of the field I go into, by taking college courses, my mind has been opened up to unique experiences and modes of thought. Furthermore, I’m beginning to learn how to handle adversity, how to meet deadlines, and how to deal with everything when I’ve got 4 assignment due all on the same day. Personally, I’m happier earning a B in a class that kicks my butt than getting an A in a class that’s extremely easy. Why? Because GPA matters a lot less than the skills and knowledge I’m gaining by pushing myself to the limit. I know, at least among my peers, most people feel this way. Considering how much college costs, it’s a professor’s duty to try and help her students get the most out of a course by, to the best of her ability, making the course material challenging and interesting, so that people want to learn it, and requiring students to earn their grades. Every student may earn an A (if everyone puts forth the effort and comprehends and proves their digestion of the material), but if people who don’t earn an A are given one, it means fewer students will put in the extra effort, and so the class will have less intrinsic value.</p>
<p>almost any employer would hire engineering majors in a second to do the jobs they ask.</p>
<p>Good at math? check
high critical thinking skills? check
attention to detail? check
organization? check</p>
<p>the whole “students know how to think in a broader way than the engineering curriculum” is bs. Its mainly because if you majored in engineering, you won’t settle for anything less than engineering. I could of taken a lot easier route if i wanted to go into the fields psychology brings.</p>
<p>and back on topic, college is worth what you put into it. Just because a teacher doesn’t hand feed you everything you should know doesn’t mean you should stop learning about it. College taught me how to build small businesses on my own and be successful at it, how to make connections, and how to sell myself as an employee of worth. Everything else I have learned from a book. Did I learn any of that in a class room? I wish. I did my own work for that.</p>
<p>“t. Just because a teacher doesn’t hand feed you everything you should know doesn’t mean you should stop learning about it. C”</p>
<p>That’s true. However, if one is paying for a class, the professor should be teaching you something. If a person wanted to learn completely on their own, they wouldn’t be paying for college.</p>