Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:45:50 12/09/03
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On December 09, 2003 at 10:06:38, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 08, 2003 at 10:00:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>That isn't the issue. A Summer term is 12 weeks. If I disappear for two >>weeks, they just lost 1/6 of the course content they signed up for. > >Excuse me for jumping in, but why are those 2 weeks so critical? They represent 1/6 of the total class time that students signed up for. > >I have required classes, and to be able to go to Graz, several things had >to be shifted around. My univ thinks a world championship is important >enough to do this. You're a former world champion and for you nothing can >be arranged? What precisely would you suggest? Telling students (60 in one class, 50 in another) "sorry, but the course this time is only going to cover 5/6 of the material it has covered in past Summers. We hope you don't mind paying full price for 5/6 the material." That doesn't seem reasonable to me. Again, missing 2-3 days is not a problem as tests can be scheduled. But not almost 2 weeks. > >What happens if you have a flu for 2 weeks? Your students commit mass >suicide? I don't have flu for two weeks. If something serious would happen, then we get other faculty to cover. But not for this kind of thing. > >I just dont get the logic here. I do. We simply have to agree to disagree. 1.5+ weeks is simply _too_ long. It always has been. Why the WCCC was expanded from a weekend + 2-3 weekdays is beyond me. Even that would allow a far excessive 10 rounds... > >-- >GCP
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