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03-20-2007, 02:56 PM | #1 |
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Temple Recommend required to work at BYU
Is this a good idea?
Doesn't it encourage people to fudge, and by placing external incentives on it, also demean the recommend itself? One more reason I would never work for BYU. |
03-20-2007, 03:07 PM | #2 |
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I can understand both sides of the argument. I tend to believe it is a bad idea, for the reasons you mentioned.
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03-20-2007, 03:07 PM | #3 | |
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I don't think it's a good idea and is at odds with the purpose of a university. You also tend to get a homogeneous faculty, again, at odds with the purpose of a university. My sister in law just started a graduate program at the zoo and out of curiosity, i checked out the department faculty pages. Every single faculty member did their undergraduate work there, and it was about 50/50 on going away to do graduate work before returning as faculty. Amusing. One more reason I never went and would never encourage my daughter to go.
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03-20-2007, 03:19 PM | #4 | |
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That would be the extreme example of complete absence of Mormonism. There are of course plenty of schools with a strong Mormon contingent. But as a parent, I would be aware of the issue and try to guide my child to a school with a certain minimum, or when schools are otherwise equal, to the school with a stronger Mormon infrastructure. |
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03-20-2007, 03:23 PM | #5 |
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One other quick point. You don't go to BYU because of the faculty. You go because of the students.
BYU gets good students, better than its faculty. |
03-20-2007, 03:29 PM | #6 | |
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Can't you get the same results from match.com, for a lot less?
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03-20-2007, 03:39 PM | #7 | |
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I spent most of my time at BYU interacting with other students. Not interacting with professors. |
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03-20-2007, 03:45 PM | #8 |
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I agree that considering the numbers of LDS youth at a university is important, and that's why I will encourage my kids to look at BYU. It's not for the professors, though there are some very qualified professors there, but it's for the quality of students.
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03-20-2007, 04:19 PM | #9 |
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03-20-2007, 04:30 PM | #10 | |
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Another reason why I could never work at BYU. |
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