tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31491089.post2797257051108626857..comments2023-08-17T07:17:32.864-05:00Comments on EdPond - Education Pondered: Community College and educationDuncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04317978389184676101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31491089.post-70696520891966554392008-05-28T17:57:00.000-05:002008-05-28T17:57:00.000-05:00ANONYMOUS,Thanks for the comment. I do expect comm...ANONYMOUS,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment. I do expect comments like this came from an insider.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I taught at higher ed and if you do try to find out who I am, you shouldn't have trouble in doing it. Unless ...<BR/><BR/>But I do have an open mind and try to see things from different view point, especially, those of students' and public's.<BR/><BR/>Since you so care, I don't mind sharing my view of teaching with you. A good teaching is to guide students to independent thinking. All others are history.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317978389184676101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31491089.post-5947728268186479732008-05-13T07:18:00.000-05:002008-05-13T07:18:00.000-05:00Perhaps you haven't done your research, then, to c...Perhaps you haven't done your research, then, to call into question the mission of the two-year college. It is dynamic, and it is broad. These two things do not make it a negative in or for our society.<BR/><BR/>I have a problem with your "know it all" posts when you do not work in higher education, and from your writing clearly did not receive a very good education. You offer claims without support and move from logical arguments to post hoc and other fallacies.<BR/><BR/>I found your blog from an "Inside Higher Ed" comment post you made. The post incited me to anger, actually, and I could not leave the site without following up on who you are.<BR/><BR/>I have a huge problem with your position that what goes on inside the classrooms of our colleges and universities is somehow to be distrusted. Institutions of higher education are under scrutiny for their expenditures every 5 to 10 years. Accreditation boards are fully aware of the cost of education per student per class, and if they felt that a school had poor instruction or had been spending money foolishly, the school would be tagged for it.<BR/><BR/>In other words, the school would have a limited period of time to "fix" the error before losing accreditation.<BR/><BR/>At least try to be in the know before writing about a field of which you are not a part. I don't know what part of education you worked in or why you left, but my guess would be that you haven't a clue about what good teaching really is or how to run a college or university. You certainly seem clueless about the purposes of the community college.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com