Comment Obviously this is a liberal arts professor (Score 1) 1077
At one of the best Technical / Engineering schools which I attend, C's are given out just as frequently as the A's and B's. It is not uncommon for a class average to be ~70 in courses such as University Physics, or higher math. Of course, with liberal arts courses, if you do the work, you get your A.
I can't understand how they can't hold students to the same level of success across the board though. I have friends who do nothing, get 4.0's and are in a major that is regarded as being simple (read: IT). Then again there are the engineers (read: me) who need to be perfect in everything they do, or get low grades. You say they need to be correct, but what about doctors? What about people who operate things the engineers create? Don't they need to be held accountable for their accuracy?
Maybe I'm biased, in fact I know I am, yet it seems as if something needs to change in this system.
I can't understand how they can't hold students to the same level of success across the board though. I have friends who do nothing, get 4.0's and are in a major that is regarded as being simple (read: IT). Then again there are the engineers (read: me) who need to be perfect in everything they do, or get low grades. You say they need to be correct, but what about doctors? What about people who operate things the engineers create? Don't they need to be held accountable for their accuracy?
Maybe I'm biased, in fact I know I am, yet it seems as if something needs to change in this system.
