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by epolanski
645 days ago
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> and research has become dramatically easier Scientific one? Absolutely not. Also, imho your view is very US centric where quality of education seems very low even in allegedly good colleges. I have been an exchange student at OSU (some other friends went to more ivy league for their ones) and we all found the exams just...insanely easy. I couldn't believe people would not pass exams, not only it was overwhelmingly multi choice exams, but professors would even grade you based on assignments and would post "example exams" days before the tests. I really lost a lot of respect for US universities based on my and my colleagues experience. I know and I hope some places have it tougher, but even people at MIT or UCLA told me similar stories. In Italy for comparison you needed to know from A to Z and would have to do exams again if you didn't know anything. Which is obvious!? How can you build bridges if you can barely scrap Calculus 1 or 2. Insane. |
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Please remember a few things whenever you talk about the quality of education in the United States (if you care to sound informed and thorough): - The United States is a very large country, with many states (50!) - Education quality is not federally organized (there are guidelines, but states make most of the rules) - Education quality depends on many factors, including but not limited to, the state, the county, the demographics of surrounding areas, the property value of surrounding areas, etc
There is no need for rash and poorly informed takes on the quality of education when there is so much room to criticize on more legitimate grounds.