Paul wrote:
> On reading the article in the Times yesterday, it
> occurred to me that if
> faculty are worried about this kind of thing, all they have to
> do is to post
> a lot of obviously incorrect evaluations, thus making the site
> essentially
> useless as a guide to which classes to take. Perhaps faculty
> have already
> picked up on that idea.
Which, of course, could inspire a great many valuable classroom
discussions on the topic of ethics (or lack thereof) among those faculty
members who would do so.
It's a student resource that doesn't violate the rights of anyone. A good
teacher should have no fear of being publicly evaluated--and a poor
teacher _should_ have his/her lack of skill exposed to other students.
Posting false or misleading evaluations of teachers is no different than
it would be for a commercial firm to post false or misleading reviews of
their competitors products. If a teacher's skills can't stand the light of
open discussion, s/he has no business in the classroom.
Rick
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Rick Adams
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Department of Social Sciences
Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI
"... and the only measure of your worth and your deeds
will be the love you leave behind when you're gone."
Fred Small, J.D., "Everything Possible"
