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Originally Posted by Bogtrotter07
... I get the impression that calcfromhellulous is pretty much what all the entering football players take during their first summer. Is that not true?
It wouldn't surprise me in the least. As an ND freshman (way back) in '70 one of my required courses was calculus. My class, held on Monday, Wednesdays and Friday at 9 AM, was led by a Mr. Peebles (no lie) who was actually a grad student with no teaching skills. The Professor made an appearance during the initial class and that was the last we saw of him. Peebles would fill the blackboard with proofs and formulae. When the board was filled, he'd turn and state "This, of course, is trivial" then erase the gibberish he'd chalked and start anew. He allowed no time for explanation, questions or instruction. There was a quiz on Friday. This was far from the highlight of my first semester. It would probably have been no problem for my father or my son, but the "math gene apparently skips a generation.
I certainly hope that freshman at ND these days, football players or summer students or not, get a bit more support.
All I can really add is that athletes, in my experience, were not afforded preferential treatment when it came to academics. There were football and basketball players in my dorm and in my classes. The "rules" applied to all.
