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[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

On a general basis, the sciences are much more concrete. I'm not discussing theoretical physics here. Chemistry, Biochem, Anatomy, Botany, Physics, etc. are fairly concrete and have "right" answers. If you don't know the material, you can't BS your way through it.

Common misconception.

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

After BSing my way through humanities classes in HS and college....

That is your teacher's fault and does not translate to what you think it does.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Common misconception.



That is your teacher's fault and does not translate to what you think it does.

That's your opinion, but I've taken enough higher level science courses to back up my assertation.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

That's your opinion, but I've taken enough higher level science courses to back up my assertation.

Ummm.....

Anyway, that's your opinion. Yeah.

[Little32]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

That is your teacher's fault and does not translate to what you think it does.

I do too. If you can get through a intro to philosophy course without being made to learn to differentiate between Plato and Aristotle, for instance, that is your professor's fault.

Similarly, if you can get through an Early British Lit course without being able to demonstrate that you can discuss and differentiate between Marlow and Shakespeare, then your teacher is not doing his/her job.

The ability to BS through any course is not a reflection of the rigor of the discipline or the objective/subjective criteria on which students are evaluated across disciplines. It is a reflection of poor instruction, and that does a disservice to the students.

To be clear, I am not talking about sliding by with a C (it's pretty easy to slide by with a "passing" grade in most courses), I am talking about excelling.