This is a video that was on the "featured videos" section of youtube. I almost NEVER look at these. Something compelled me this time (at 6:30 in the morning!), and I'm glad it did. What is this saying about "higher" education in the United States?
Friday, October 26, 2007
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Wow.
I, too posted this video on my blog!! It really makes you think about whether or not we are preparing students for the "real world" in schools today. I found it great that when they totaled up all of their hours in a day, it was actually 26! Being a student who took my undergrad at a State College, can remember sitting there in the HUGE lecture hall. Depending where you sat, you were lucky if you could even see the professor that alone the chalkboard! I remember thinking to myself, How is this conducive to learning? Now with laptops and cellphones, it is amazing that students get anything done. To
I second annie
I think this video is terrifying. It sickens me to think about the sheer amount of waste that occurs in higher education; textbooks are expensive and often go unread (and they can't be resold for any kind of fair price), tuition expenses are astronomical, and a number of required courses are redundant and useless (I’m talking undergrad here, kids). Although a part of me is appalled at the way in which college students waste learning opportunities by shirking reading, emailing during class, and watching youtube videos rather than doing homework, I know I was guilty of much the same thing when I was an undergrad. Hell, who am I kidding? I’m guilty of some of those thing even now. You’re right, Angela, what does this say about education?
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