Give me a grade

[August]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

How? It's a state university and the professor has tenure. Armies of lawyers fall before such obstacles. What could I even do?

I didn't mean try to get the guy fired or disciplined UL. I meant go to him and ask what he meant by it, and what he thinks you should do to fix it.

Would you say that I have created an obstacle to understanding? That was not my intent at all. I only wished to get down to the basics of ethics philosophy. That's it. In retrospect, it would have been better to have sought consultation, rather than simply presenting a contrarian view, but isn't higher education supposed to be about broadening horizons? Why would a person decide that another is a failure simply because of an attitude?

I don't know. Based on his comment I'd say you might have. That's why I suggest that you talk to him and try to understand what he's looking for out of you.

The more I learn, the less I understand. If understanding the key concepts behind something is wrong, then I do not know what is right. I feel like the world made a quantum leap at some point and I missed it somehow. My prof has a master's degree, and he apparently thinks I'm an idiot......

This all comes down to the assignment you were given. You weren't asked to critique key concepts, you were asked to apply them to a particular scenario so that, and only that, is what you should have done.

As for your professor thinking you're an idiot, nothing you've said he told you implies that. It sounds to me like he was trying to motivate you.

Ah, well. I wrote to him during my brief hiatus from subsim this evening, so I'll wait to see what he says.

Keep us posted as to what he says if you would.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Ouch. Seems like the opinion is pretty unanimous except for OTH's, which is a cat. Still, I appreciate the honesty and thoughtfulness that was put into the replies. Thank you.

The good news is that I have been given another chance to do this essay, though this time I've been assigned Kant's theory of ethics as a position. I was also given the helpful advice of not bothering to try to prove how a person following Kant's theory could do something immoral, lest my maximum possible grade become a "C". The good professor also explained that he has an academic duty to fail me if I do not satisfactorily complete every step of the learning process, or as he put it, "You have to take the stairs like everyone else. I won't give you credit for trying to ride the elevator." Damn.

I was going to thank everyone individually with a multi-quote, but there is just too much to respond to. I hope it will suffice that the message has been received and that I am grateful to everyone who took the time to help. That said, I believe I will take the repeatedly proffered advice to use this forum as a place to crusade. To use the context of Sky's analogy; The guns are loaded, the walls are sound, and the broad stripes and bright stars will be visible at dawn's early light

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

To use the context of Sky's analogy; The guns are loaded, the walls are sound, and the broad stripes and bright stars will be visible at dawn's early light

My analogy...?

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Skybird

My analogy...?

Yes....

Originally Posted by Skybird

I cannot help but sometimes have the impression that the defence of this fortress is quite unflexible, static and depending on always falling back onto the same reaction schemes, like a spring

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Good luck with the repeat, Lance

Thanks! As you can see, I'm off to a great start - posting on subsim

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Yes....

Ah! Hard to believe what nonsense I am sometimes writing...

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Yes....




Thanks! As you can see, I'm off to a great start - posting on subsim

Tell me about it! Exam in the morning, ach