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From: mps@duke.cs.duke.edu (Michael P. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: More on CS support
Message-ID: <10103@duke.cs.duke.edu>
Date: Wed, 26-Aug-87 17:52:42 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 26 17:52:42 1987
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Summary: Teaching not a hobby

In article <297@rruxa.UUCP> gwl@rruxa.UUCP (George W. Leach) writes:

> Perhaps industry might
>help ensure that the quality of the universities' graduates remain
>high, not only with equipment and research support, but with qualified
>people to help boslter the faculty.  Why not allow a few hours a week
>off for a scientist or engineer to teach a class?  

Obviously you have never taught.  If you have taught a course several
times and know it *cold*, AND you have a sufficient number of teaching
assistants, you might be able to do a good job in a three-hour course
in less than ten hours a week. More typical would be a 12 to 15 hour
commitment a week per course.

Of course, you COULD teach a three-hour course in three hours a week
(or less), but your suggestion, I take it, was meant to improve the
quality of CS programs.

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"Early skepticism to the contrary notwithstanding, some biologically 
embodied intelligences are now able to play very decent games of chess
(quite a few of them can beat computers)." 	Jerry Fodor

Michael P. Smith	ARPA:	mps@duke.cs.duke.edu
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