• GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today
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    24 hours ago

    Professor=overworked and pushed to do the coursework more quickly so they can get everything; research, classwork, grant writing; done in the limited time they have. Not bringing in enough grant money or publishing enough well liked research often gets you fired, you know.

    Parent=overworked and pushed to get to work faster so they’re not late. Being late often get you fired, you know.

    Both are being pushed into actions that are detrimental to society. Speeding creates a slew of cascading issues, starting with small things like increased frustrations in all drivers and building to large things like much more serious wrecks. It’s a terrible thing. Giving up control of the curriculum and passing the buck to pearson (in the original OP’s case) to teach students, make tests, grade coursework (that can no longer be anywhere near as inventive or applicable because it has to be in some format that a computer can grade), etc. is a terrible thing.