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Page 22 text:
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English 252A met in a second floor lounge this year. The quality of education has nothing to do with the environment in which it is taught; rather it depends upon whether the students want to learn or not. Or so the administrators say when asked why there are so many problems with education to- day. And when the University asks the in- structors about these problems, the instruc- tors say, “the students don’t give a damn.” Whereupon the Administration has an out; it is the students’ fault. Ask a student why there are so many problems with education here at U.R.I.; he will most likely answer, “the instructors don’t give a damn.” From a strict point of view it is the instructors’ fault. The teach- ers on campus often don’t put a lot of ef- fort into their work, and yet how can they? How can a teacher stand in front of 499 students and keep their attention or their interest when they can’t even see much less hear him properly? And moreover, because of the present tenure system, which the in- structor must face in working for the Uni- versity; the ‘publish or perish rule’ is not one an instructor can afford to overlook. These rules, and others, lead to the disillu- sionment of new instructors, even though they may start off trying to work for the students; for they soon reach the point where they must start working for the Uni- versity or leave. These administrative problems at U.R.I. in turn lead to the main educational prob- lem. And it is a two-sided problem; the students lose interest because they get lost 20
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in the shuffle between the Administration and the teachers, and the teachers lose in- terest because none of the students seem to be learning anything. Education at U.R.I., for many, has be- come a part-time attempt. After all, why go to a class with 400 other people? Just stay at home in bed and get the notes from someone else who was crazy enough to go. And if you don’t get the notes it doesn’t matter, because most of the teachers don’t care enough to hassle you, just as long as you show up for the exams and can bullshit enough. If you can fill enough blue-books up then obviously you must know what you’re talking about. Of course, attitudes like this can cause problems, or at least the University of Rhode Island thinks so. And the proof of that statement is that this attitude exists here at U.R.I. A final word to those instructors on campus who still give a damn; thanks for the effort but watch out for the University. Most students would rather put up with half your interest than the whole interest of the University. Eric Peterson 21
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