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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Organic chemistry is hard? Who knew?

This was especially interesting in light of discussions over Covid learning loss:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/nyu-organic-chemistry-petition.html

“Students were misreading exam questions at an astonishing rate,” he wrote in a grievance to the university, protesting his termination. Grades fell even as he reduced the difficulty of his exams.

The problem was exacerbated by the pandemic, he said. “In the last two years, they fell off a cliff,” he wrote. “We now see single digit scores and even zeros.”

After several years of Covid learning loss, the students not only didn’t study, they didn’t seem to know how to study, Dr. Jones said.[/quote]

[b]Sounds like an awful professor. [/b]Good riddance.[/quote]

I don't understand why his statements make him an awful professor.  Others of us, also profs, have experienced much the same thing.  It's the sad reality.  Many students now don't know how to study or take notes, etc.  I find myself spending more time in class teaching students basic math and algebra (e.g., how to divide fractions or plot a curve). This in a course that has calculus as a prerequisite! As a result, I simply cannot cover the material that I am supposed to cover, and I have had to make assessments simpler than they were just a few years ago. [/quote]

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