"The student who got an 'A' on her Kant essay is, quite simply, someone who really understands Kant"
This is the point where my bull shit meter hit the red area and then went on to roll on the floor and laugh :)
This is the point where my bull shit meter hit the red area and then went on to roll on the floor and laugh :)
When I got the marked essay back, there were lots of positive comments in the margins, until the last paragraph. There the comment was, "Jim, I think we should discuss this."
I got an A in that class.
My take is that intelligence follows a distribution curve for which graders at any decent college are only able to effectively evaluate the upper quartile, minus the top 1 or 2 percent. If you happen to be pushing the top 1 or 2 percent, you either have to lower yourself to the level of your graders or write your best thoughts and expect to receive less than the best grades for them.
If you follow the first track, you can expect the usual laurels for 'achievement.' If you follow the second, you can expect to increase your intelligence at a higher rate, which may (or may not) have some payback later on.