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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know it’s fun to bash the students.  But this is a large class that’s fundamental to many degrees.  Lots of tuition dollars involved. Why did the college hire an octogenarian on contract? This should be taught by a tenured professor. The students have a right to complain on that point alone.  The guy may no doubt had an illustrious career elsewhere, but at NYU he’s an admin cash grab.  Of course, he’s also the kind of guy who knows someone who knows someone at the NYT, but all the more reason to realize the students have a point.[/quote]

Ageism alive and well I see.

So much for progressives at universities.  They are supposed to be tolerant, yet when they can't pass an easy orgo class they demand a professor be fired, and then blame his age.  Would you demand another chemistry teacher be fired because he may be Asian?  [/quote]

Hmmmm. The NYT comments are pretty compelling, including from a female student who is now in med school. She wrote about what seemed to be his purposeful obtuseness in his instruction among other factors. I don't think letting all the students know who received the lowest mark is an inspiring approach to pedagogy - and I am probably older than many posting in this thread.

College has transformed from when many of us here attended. "The Paper Chase" is still an interesting movie, but not necessarily a template for the 21st century classroom. The focus on inclusivity, including recognizing the range of learning styles, is not bad. A good friend's dad was a HS football coach for decades, now retired. He observed that as the school district where he coached became less rural and working class and more an UMC bedroom suburb of a large city, the work ethic also changed with his players. To paraphrase what I still find to be a quite memorable observation: "One guy couldn't make practice because his girlfriend broke up with him and he was devastated. That would have never happened ten years ago with players who were only getting to college with a scholarship. But you got to meet these kids where they are and show them the way forward. I can't win any more by yelling and I've learned that being a leader takes a helluva lot more skills than I ever thought."[/quote]

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