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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2012-03-07 11:00 am

Interesting Links for 07-03-2012

[identity profile] bart-calendar.livejournal.com 2012-03-07 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The other thing is that the facebook monitoring won't stop the schools from creating specialized classes for these kids that are bribes in an of themselves. A degree from Georgetown University, for example has a huge value for a kid when he graduates and enters the job market. Part of this is that, in general, Georgetown is a difficult university to graduate from because for most students the classes are difficult.

Which is why some people got upset when it came out that in a math class that only the athletes could take on the final exam - which was multiple choice - was the question: "How many points does a three-point field goal account for?"

Even better, all of the classes for the athletes were taught by the same teacher who was paid $250,000 a year to design the curriculum and "teach" the students.