I am annoyed! - rant

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Spazz if you are going into theoretical math, biology research and many other fields your points are well taken. The opportunities you speak of clearly favor those in B&M schools. There really isn't any other path. Best of luck.

Also as you pointed out schools are in business. They need people like you that want to get published to help bring prestige to the school. The hope is that it will attract people like me who have no interest in tenure, teaching etc. Like I said in my previous post my neighbor is on the tail end of a PHD in statistics. I, on the other hand, need a "superficial" knowledge of statistics. He had to take the exact same course when he started. I will aquire the knowlege and get credit and know the same material as he exactly the same way he did it. Testing out.

You put a very high value on interaction with professors. My personal experience has been quite the opposite. Many are more concerned about their personal passions than teaching. They teach classes that make money for the school. To quote you "if you work with world class professors..." Would it really surprise you to know that not all professors are world class?

There also seems to be a high percentage of students the diligently sit through every class, worship the professor and do every assignment with aplumb...

As has been pointed out many times this forum is a group of people working on completing a college education in a very specific manor. I dare say a small percentage if any are pursuing a career in academia or want to publish papers. I'd also wager that that is not the goal of the vast majority of folks that will eventually graduate from your school.



"The reason why we all get degrees is mostly for the same reason." Not so.

Oh and by the way thanks for taking that cheap shot at my age...

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