all the degree should say is that you are dedicated enough to have gotten it. other than that, I don't think it should say anything. I think that there should be technical schools and universities, and that they shouldn't overlap unnecessarily. I don't think there should be "majors"; I think that the student should go to university, take classes in the areas that interest him/her, and then write a thesis over a topic of focus.
I also think that grades are silly, now that I think about it. they really have no meaning (like the quality settings on lame's VBR encoder, what do they mean?). there has to be a better way to measure performance. what are grades supposed to say, anyway? I think it should be either 1) a measure of demonstrated learned knowledge or 2) a measure of (over)achievement. I would, of course, prefer the former option, because I am not an overachiever.
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on 3 Apr 2002 16:33 (UTC)I also think that grades are silly, now that I think about it. they really have no meaning (like the quality settings on lame's VBR encoder, what do they mean?). there has to be a better way to measure performance. what are grades supposed to say, anyway? I think it should be either 1) a measure of demonstrated learned knowledge or 2) a measure of (over)achievement. I would, of course, prefer the former option, because I am not an overachiever.