Sometimes one finds a great educational experience when he is trying to avoid it. Mine came from a MIT educated Mechanical Engineer who was facing an unpublicized life ending illness. I thought he was just lazy and was pushing all of his work onto me. I tried to find a way to avoid doing both his and my work and even complained to Officers in the Corporation. They counseled me to just do it and use the extra work as a learning experience. I did and I learned how to run his department and eventually my own construction business. (WC-100)
Other times one finds an awful educational experience when he is seeking knowledge. Unprepared or otherwise poor lecturers are a disgrace to their profession, even if it is not their primary vocation. Everyone is shortchanged. The students fail to learn and waste their time, the parents waste their money. The institution fails all involved and the missed opportunity cannot be recaptured. We are well served here at UMBC to have a strong administration and an active faculty peer review process to maintain the high standards that our learning community deserves. (WC-90)
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