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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopkins.

Difficult school with grade deflation. [/quote]

I've taught at both Hopkins and Chicago. Hopkins students tend to be very smart, well prepared, and hard-working, but too pre-professionally focused to be intellectual. I once had a prospective student and parent observe one of my U of C classes and the parent was clearly horrified that they did not perceive me to be teaching. With light facilitation from me, the students spent 30 minutes debating the concept of freedom in various texts they had read. They were such a good class. At Hopkins there was much more "what's the grading rubric," "what do I need to do to get an A in this class?". I have respect for students at both schools, but the U of C students were so much more fun.[/quote]

U of C students are mainly private school kids who have been thought to think and actually learn.

Hopkins is full of Asians/white from public school systems who have never been taught the joy of learning, debating, questioning, etc...  The grade is all that matters. [/quote]

Private school mom checking in, needing to justify expense. With a dash of racism. Lovely.

My public school kid and math major is reading Nabokov and Joyce for the joy of it. He’s also a quarter Asian so I’m not sure how that figures in your race calculations. [/quote]

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