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In response to "Or the students are dumber this semester. -- nm" by Cuzzin Todd

Well, it's summer, so it's 4x faster, so it's 4x harder.

Posted by nubby Jun 29 '09, 19:55

But in the end they're still responsible for the same knowledge. They can't get away with it being easy just because they took it during the summer. They knew that going in.

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disagree. immersion is easier than french one, for instance. -- nm - the haterstown campus loves mandy lane Jun 29, 20:05 4
- I think it depends on the subject. Maybe science needs to "sink in". -- nm - nubby Jun 29, 20:06 3
  - fast can work in science. But if you are confused, and the course roars on without you, you are hosed. -- nm - psilotum Jun 29, 20:10 2
    - this reminds me. did you ever TA for evolutionary bio? It was weird. Seems so obvious but yet clearly the undergrads were not soaking in - loosilu Jun 29, 20:18
    - speaking only for me, I really needed time for it to sink in. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 20:13
I still say an automatic extra credit to anyone using a slide rule instead of calculator -- nm - peglegpete Jun 29, 19:57

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Well, it's summer, so it's 4x faster, so it's 4x harder.

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