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Message: [QUOTE="Jaka, post: 13436, member: 126"] rankings ae opinions, teachers are teachers, some are good and some are bad, just because the rankings have dropped doesnt mean the teachers at SU have all of a sudden changed there teaching techniques, im pretty sure they have the same professors that have been there 15 plus years, teaching the same classes, and asking the same questions on their exams every year teachers like everyone are creatures of habit, they do the same thing, tell the same jokes, and do the same labs, projects, etc... that they did the year before, all schools for the most part are about the same. the same people that succeed at oswego state would succeed at SU, the same people at SU could succeed at Harvard given that they are driven ive learned that the people who succeed at school are simply grade driven, they need to get good grades to feel good about themselves, self pride, and some sort of prestige because they are under the belief that they are intelligent, for the people who are ranking driven, rankings provide a self assurance that they are part of some sort of greater academic elite, not realizing that in reality, everybody has about the same intelligence level, just in different ways. I can see it now employer- "SU just dropped in the rankings, now even though you had a great interview and have had excellent recommendations from previous employers, I don't think i can take that risk, I mean those guys at Newsweek really know the in's and out's at SU, so I'm guessing you've lost a little sharpness since you've graduated, and just think in another 5 years, they might be at 65!!! thats 3 WHOLE SPOTS!!!, I'm sorry I can't have you getting dumber as the years go on, I run a tight ship here." bottom line, just like college football, universities themselves are BIG BUSINESS, the whole set up is a ripoff, as Matt Damon said from Good Will Hunting, "you'll realize you spent 50,000 a year for something you could have read in a 2 dollar book" (not an exact quote but you get the picture) [/QUOTE]

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