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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Are there still good teachers?
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Date: 15 Dec 89 01:35:31 GMT
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Yes, to be truly meaningful, evaluation should not be done until 2-3
years after the course was taught.  Only then will the student know if
they have learned something useful, or not.  Some of the very best
teachers work their students to death, and are only appreciated years
later.