Posted by alexandra_k on January 13, 2022, at 21:02:06
In reply to Re: price fixing cartels?, posted by alexandra_k on January 13, 2022, at 20:54:21
I mean, the state of teaching, in New Zealand...
Rather than PhD students doing tutoring...
Rather than Masters students doing tutoring...
Rather than Honors (4th year) students doing tutoring...We literally employ students one year ahead to do tutoring.
It is literally only one step removed from 'straggle yourselves up'.
The University *chooses* to utilize testing that rewards cheating.
The University *chooses* to utilize testing that has arbitrary answers (that must be schooled and where only some are chosen to be given the answers) and / or *chooses* to utilize testing that covers such a range of content that there is a distinct advantage for the few students who are supplied with the questions before-hand.
As soon as people find they are selected in to second year Med they are offering to sell first years the answers to first year. Whether or not they are able to sell them the content, they are able to make money off of promising to sell them the content, else they are able to make money off of exploiting their fears that they will be at a disadvantage if they do not pay them for access to the content.
The University *chooses* to allow and chooses to *encourage* and *chooses to profiteer* from creating this culture of fear and competitiveness that undermines the value and the integrity of the entire enterprise.
We are supposed to think that it's because it's easier for Australia to try and cut NZ off at the knees than to create something worth working towards. And we are supposed to think that that is justified because the US schools are more focused on cutting Australia off at the knees than creating something worth... Paying for... In the private schools of the USA.
I mean... Harvard has to be worth paying for -- right? That means it has to be better than Sydney etc -- right? That means Sydney must be kept... Well... How low can we keep Sydney?
Right?
Is that the idea?
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