Are all students this stupid?

Vincent E. Mrykalo mrykalve@potsdam.edu
Sat, 7 Dec 2002 11:21:41 -0400


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Be easy on them Willem.  You must remember they are the product of 
outcome-based ed.

>I gave the final exam to my Music Business class yesterday and one 
>of the questions is "In the 1920 what three inventions brought music 
>to the masses?". The answers were supposed to be: the radio, 
>talkies, and the record player. Out of my 6 students only one got it 
>right. But what was most disturbing was that three of them gave as 
>one of their answers, the printing press
>
>Now I got to admit during one class session I mentioned that the 
>printing press brought the printed word to the masses. But I know I 
>didn't say in the 1920's?
>
>Are the students in Alabama the only ones so stupid, or is this a 
>national phenomenon?
>
>Wim


-- 
Vince Mrykalo RPT MPT
Senior Piano Technician
Crane School of Music
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