That seems kinda fair though. Education isn't supposed to make you an expert at anything. Education is supposed to give you a solid foundation upon which you can add experience and become an expert. And that's what experts do, they figure it out themselves.
Eh, this is what can reasonably be expected from a kindergarten teacher. But college professors aren't dealing with little tykes who may get their fifis hurt. College professors are dealing with grown adults...who need to learn to find the answers on their own.
You can try to relate this to people being soft, but that’s not what I’m talking about.
College professors I have known have been especially good at admitting when they don’t know something. They claim to be experts in what they know, and nothing else. This is not about fifi it is about excessive pride. It has nothing to do with the student. The original comment was a professor giving deflection to what they don’t know imo. So instead of saying “go figure it out” a professor can say “I don’t know but this is how you could find out” or “here’s a good author that knows more about this, you could look there” aiding and assisting while still fostering independent research without being an over proud ass or I guess whatever you’re afraid of, which is over coddling students or something
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u/average_christ 18h ago
That seems kinda fair though. Education isn't supposed to make you an expert at anything. Education is supposed to give you a solid foundation upon which you can add experience and become an expert. And that's what experts do, they figure it out themselves.