[GRLUG] Is ITT Tech a Good School?

[Mike Williams]

On 02/22/2011 01:10 PM, Bob Kline wrote:
> This is a mouthful.  There is an
> obligation on the part of students
> to try to learn something just as there
> is on the school to give a stamp of
> approval only to those it thinks did.
>
> Thus the currently dreaded tests.
> People of course hate them, but it's the
> only realistic way a school has of knowing
> whether someone learned anything, even
> if that is only what is on the test. That is
> at least something.   Public school
> teachers of course hate tests because
> there is no where to hide if they don't
> work out well.  I put up with tests all
> the way through college - and the
> test rooms were monitored.  I still can't
> see any other realistic way to maintain
> the quality of a school.
>
> As for learning on the job, yes.  If you
> have a good job.  Bigger companies
> often provide ways to take either in
> house or college courses now and then.
> But all approaches depend on the student
> caring about learning something, not just
> getting by.  Discipline is no longer a
> school function.  Courts actually frown
> on it.  If you want someone to whip you
> in to action, get a dominatrix.
>
>      -- Bob
>
I completely agree here. I would have quoted it when I put in my 2 cents 
if I hadn't been slogging through 50 new messages in the list! Who 
kicked over the hornets nest?

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