Sometimes I think I would love teaching if it weren't for the administrative aspects, primarily the grading protests. It's amazing how people will lie, cheat, and steal, not to mention make your life hell, for a number on a piece of paper. I suppose part of the blame lies on admissions committees for med/law/grad schools who take said numbers seriously enough to make decisions based on them, but people need to learn that most of what they think are life-or-death admissions decisions really truly aren't in the broader scheme of things.
Perhaps this is what we get for throwing 16-year olds into the college admissions race, teaching them early that grades and resume padding are ZOMG important. My theory is that we should ban colleges from accepting anyone under 21 (also effectively abolishing underage drinking in college ;)). A few years in the real world would do wonders for giving kids perspective on life, and if a few of them decide that they actually don't need a four year liberal arts education to do what they want in life and save themselves four years and $120+K, more power to em. Of course, I'm sure Kaplan and the Princeton Review would just concoct some way to spend the three years between high school and college padding one's resume, but we can dream, right?
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Perhaps this is what we get for throwing 16-year olds into the college admissions race, teaching them early that grades and resume padding are ZOMG important. My theory is that we should ban colleges from accepting anyone under 21 (also effectively abolishing underage drinking in college ;)). A few years in the real world would do wonders for giving kids perspective on life, and if a few of them decide that they actually don't need a four year liberal arts education to do what they want in life and save themselves four years and $120+K, more power to em. Of course, I'm sure Kaplan and the Princeton Review would just concoct some way to spend the three years between high school and college padding one's resume, but we can dream, right?