09-03-2023, 08:06 PM
I strongly disagree with what you are implying.
Just like us CBE students, instructors too can (and do) adapt to the CBE way. Why would anyone suggest that they do not have the means or knowledge about how to form an opinion on us students based on our CBE experience?
What does "know you as a person" mean? Is a request for a letter of a recommendation a marriage proposal? Do they need to know my diet? Or, do they need to know if I like dogs or not? Or, perhaps they need to know whether I like chocolate or vanilla? What kind of questions will satisfy the (of course supposed) requirement of "knowing you as a person"? Do they actually need to "know me as a person"? And why if you were in their shoes would need to?
CBE or not, we are still students, and they - instructors. They have access to our work (milestones and final assessments); they know when we send our assignments; they can see who and when "goes to school" (I mean who and when is logging on the learning platform); they have our school email addresses in case there is a need for communication. A letter of recommendation is an evaluation/opinion about a student's qualities as a student, not as a person. Now, of course you may say "none of this is what I am implying", but just because you may say so does not necessairly mean it isn't.
Just like us CBE students, instructors too can (and do) adapt to the CBE way. Why would anyone suggest that they do not have the means or knowledge about how to form an opinion on us students based on our CBE experience?
What does "know you as a person" mean? Is a request for a letter of a recommendation a marriage proposal? Do they need to know my diet? Or, do they need to know if I like dogs or not? Or, perhaps they need to know whether I like chocolate or vanilla? What kind of questions will satisfy the (of course supposed) requirement of "knowing you as a person"? Do they actually need to "know me as a person"? And why if you were in their shoes would need to?
CBE or not, we are still students, and they - instructors. They have access to our work (milestones and final assessments); they know when we send our assignments; they can see who and when "goes to school" (I mean who and when is logging on the learning platform); they have our school email addresses in case there is a need for communication. A letter of recommendation is an evaluation/opinion about a student's qualities as a student, not as a person. Now, of course you may say "none of this is what I am implying", but just because you may say so does not necessairly mean it isn't.
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