The downside of small LAC classes

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<p>Beware–R rated–from The Onion</p>

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<p>Small colleges do not have a monopoly on this type of behavior as it happens probably in some class at every college across the country. I cringe every tuesday evening in my class at NYU as one of these students sits in my class and does the same thing (this person is a doctoral student so he’s probably been doing it even longer).</p>

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<p>I don’t see why the OP emphasizes “small LAC classes.” I don’t see how one would think this only or primarily applies to small LACs

  • So I ask you, barrons, why do you feel this way?
  • just wondering :-)</p>
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<p>um the onion?
Isnt that like getting a college ranking from National Lampoon? ;)</p>

<p>* Or MAD magazine? *</p>

<p>Barrons if you like the Onions educational reporting- perhaps you will love this<a href=“http://www.theonion.com%2Farchive%2Farchive_government.php%5B/url%5D”>www.theonion.com%2Farchive%2Farchive_government.php</a></p>

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<p>sounds like the professor needs to re-read Plato to learn how to manage the socratic method by involving all students… </p>

<p>I agree, not a LAC issue. I’ve sat in 600-person lecture halls where a single student continually raises hand…</p>

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<p>I can’t beleive you guys aren’t familiar with the Onion
You really need to get out more</p>

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<p>OMG… this is a joke?!
hahaha… you got me!!</p>

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<p>That is a very funny article!! And what makes it so funny is I am sure a large element of truth to it. I have seen it argued (probably on this forum somewhere) that the ideal class size, while certainly less than 500, is also greater than 5, because if a class is too small you don’t get enough exchange of ideas and run a greater risk of one person dominating the conversation.</p>

<p>Has the Dartmouth forum figured out who the article is about? :)</p>

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<p>It’s THE ONION for heaven’s sake! It’s like when Yahoo! news picks up stuff from the Weekly World News.</p>

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<p>…is the number of times they have been quoted as if they were a real news source!</p>

<p>This one had me in stitches - thanks Barrons! REALLY funny!</p>

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<p>The only thing that could top this would be if the “quotes” were reproduced in so-called students’ reviews of colleges.
So, Barrons, fess up: what does UW-Madison have against Dart?</p>

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<p>Happy Friday. I’d call it satire as much as a joke.</p>

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<p>you sly dog- I just realized that didn’t you attend Wisconsin? So you are probably really familar with the Onion ;)</p>

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<p>Tks. Barrons. Loved it.</p>

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<p>Of course. Although it started well after my time there I started seeing it on my annual trips back so I have been familiar with it since it was just a campus humor paper. UW grads still makeup the bulk of the staff but now it’s based in NYC with a small office in Madison.</p>

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<p>Needed a laugh. Fabulous!</p>

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<p>Must be one of those perpetual students… I think he was in some of MY classes. ;)</p>

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<p>I e-mailed the link to my son. He said that the article perfectly describes <em>more than one</em> in a certain class he takes :eek: !</p>

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<p>Very funny! The beauty of Onion parodies is how close they hew to reality.</p>

<p>Another favorite:</p>

<p><a href=“The Onion | America's Finest News Source.”>The Onion | America's Finest News Source.;

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