I have two kids in engineering programs at a state University. They are allowed to use AI for homework assignments, but the homework is no longer worth any credit. They have a lot more papers, quizzes, and tests in class that count for their entire grade.
Relations between the US and India have been strained recently because India refuses to implement sanctions on Russia for the war in Ukraine. I wonder if there is a geopolitical motive behind the timing of this decision.
I’ve noticed that prices on amazon will fluctuate if I price compare on other websites. It will dynamically price match if I find an item cheaper somewhere else online.
The problem as I see it is the politicians and media stoking the flames of any controversial issue they can for profit. This ‘issue’ is an excellent example.
You’re right, of coarse, but at that age it wouldn’t have occurred to me to go to the dean. Students are used to the teachers having all the power. My high school junior is still told where she has to sit in class. It’s ridiculous.
Does anyone know of any studies on how the proliferation of MBA degrees has affected universities in this way, or other industries in similar ways? That is, the ballooning of administrative roles to the detriment of the student/consumer and core employees who produce the real value for a company/university/etc? I thought I read somewhere in the last year about how the proliferation of MBA degrees result in the lowering of workers’ wages, but little other benefit…
Now that I think about it, the business model seems eerily similar to 23 and Me , where they give you some basic ethnicity report and then do who knows what with your DNA afterwards.
Since animal testing is negative PR these days, it seems like de-extincting animals artfully sidesteps any ethical or moral objections. I mean, dead animals/species don’t have any rights, so they can run all the frankenstein experiments they want without any PETA activists throwing cans of soup.
I’m sure the cost of daycare and the cost of college are huge factors on a couple’s decision. School schedules are also not built around dual working parent households. A lot more could be done to support parents.
I have a few friends who are doctors. One is a primary care physician and he talks about the frustrations of patients refusing to take care of their health or adopt behavioral changes he recommends. Most just want a prescription so that they can continue their bad habits. The other said he went into surgery because he didn’t want to have to work with patients who won’t take care of themselves. However, he occasionally looses patients on the operating table which never gets easier. As an undergraduate I considered going into academia, and one professor cautioned that I need to be prepared to see the ugly side of academics and be willing to tolerate seeing something I love be sullied by inter-departmental politics, publish or perish, difficult students, etc. In short, I think all professions have their upsides and downsides. I think the answer is to care about your craft for your self respect. I think you have to do your best ultimately for yourself. We’re putting a lot of our time/life into our craft, so it seems to me we owe it to ourselves to make it mean something, regardless of the reality of coworkers, the need for a paycheck, etc. I will also admit that living up to such a challenge is a daily struggle, and I don’t always measure up to my own ideals. But I’m always trying.
How do we know that the olive oil we buy from the grocery store is actually authentic? I thought most of the olive oil in the US contains cheaper seed oils, just like most of the honey contains corn syrup.