Comment by avazhi
4 hours ago
Huh? I was referring to the 2nd page of the link you submitted earlier. You acted like there are only a few Chinese students at Princeton when they are the overwhelming majority of the graduate international student body. Did you not look at your own evidence?
And brother, I don't give a shit what Princeton students have to say about the invigilation situation. That's an inmates running the asylum kind of thing. It's obvious that such a system is unworkable in the modern world when Ivy League schools in particular (and most schools in the top 50 globally) export many of the students they educate. A university education these days is, for most students, a means to an end, which is employment. And employers care about grades, meaning there is an unrelenting and rational incentive to cheat.
The world where only wealthy gentlemen go to university and are highly incentivised to learn instead of cheat no longer exists.
N.B.: TFA stands for “The Fucking Article”, as in RTFA: Read The Fucking Article.
1) In a root level response to The Fucking Article, which is about changes that only apply to the undergrad proctoring system, you argued: “(Self-proctored exams) may have worked back in the 1800s … but these days when half the student body is Chinese expats who need the degree to get high paying jobs back in Shanghai…why wouldn’t they cheat?”
2) I pointed out the fallacy of your argument, in that the Chinese proportion of the affected population from The Fucking Article is not, in fact, half (it is 1%).
3) Then you argued that the Chinese proportion of the graduate students is significant.
4) I pointed out that the graduate students have nothing to do with The Fucking Article.
5) Now you are doubling down on the graduate students, who are not affected by the changes we’re talking about today.
I don't know what you’re talking about, but it sure as shit isn't The Fucking Article. Read The Fucking Article.