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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, sometimes the key to “handling it” is *not* to be an awesome student.  Whether you want your kid (or whether your kid wants) to be in a setting where triage is always the order of the day is a real question.  As a prof, a parent, and a former awesome student, I’m not a fan of educational environments like this.  YMMV, but that variation is not a function of ability or confidence.  It’s about how you view education (and maybe life more generally).[/quote]

Typical professor. Trying to sound educated and comes off like a hot mess. [/quote]

So we’ve now established that you are anti-intellectual.  Which speaks to my larger point about people having different views about education.  If you see college essentially as a sorting/ranking/credentialing process that teaches time management skills and how to perform well under extreme pressure, then the quarter system might be especially attractive to you.  For people who see university as a chance to think deeply and in a sustained way about things that interest them, without a lot of distraction, then the quarter system (especially with substantial core requirements) may be particularly unattractive.  Smart, ambitious people who love a challenge fall into both categories.[/quote]

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