Like almost all university professors, students will receive a syllabus at the beginning of the semester. However, I write the syllabus like a contract. It is divided into sections with sections. The section details various aspects of the class (location, topic list, etc.) but also highlights key policies (late policies, exam structure, grunging schemes, etc.). It’s 7 pages and the syllabus is long. Furthermore, many of the policy parts are reproduced in a canvas course shell (online course management system).
In addition to 7 pages, replication is a lot of digital ink that is leaked into course politics. But from my own personal experience, and the reason for the first rule, is simple: set expectations. On the first day, my students know what they need to do to pass the class. They know when everything will come. They know the weight of everything. They can (theoretically) use this information to make a reasonable choice about time allocation (and if they are miscalculated, it is with them).
But perhaps more importantly, this contract between me and my student, known as the “syllabus,” acts as if I were to tie my hands. It sets students’ expectations of what they can expect from me. I, like most teachers, have extraordinary power over my students (at least in terms of class). My principle classes are both general education classes and major classes. If they don’t pass my class they’ll have a hard time grauning. Plus, there is a small competition in Relativley (just teach two other instructions, only one teaches the top economics course). Given this incredible power, it is to act as fair as possible to my students, my employer, my profession, and God Himself. The syllabus brings my hands together from any action.
One thing I know about myself is that I can and do things in arbitrary ways. I want to help students and my gut reaction is to give an exception to this or that rule if I help students. But I know that if I act in arbitraily it will undermine my duties. Students see this arbitrary behavior and shift resources towards trying only loopholes after actually learning the resource. Even students who want to learn materials will naturally wonder why they put in effort when they don’t get the grades they need. It creates extra work for me. At the end of the semester, I will need to submit Gran to register and the university is based on any whim. The university and the public rely on my expertise to say, “Yes, the students and Jane Doe have pleased me that they are well aware that they will pass the materials well.” Arbitrary behavior undermines its reliability.
Therefore, the reason for the rule is to prevent arbitrary behavior. You should follow the rules, whether the rules are preventing the results they have been submitted or if the temptation to break them is the highest. When arbitrary behavior becomes standard, rules break. It makes planning very difficult and undermines the goals of the action.
To get out of the classroom and move into economics, I see this accurately in Donald Trump’s arbitrary tariff “policy” (“policy” cites scholarships here. The way I write this assumes that even subsidizing stocks is using his model when this “he’s not” is what I meant to be permanent, or they are temporary, and are intended to bring the country to the negotiation table. It’s hard to say what the purpose is, not to mention the legal challenges met for the administration over tariffs.
Forecasters are reviewing forecasts downwards, and consensus is moving from solid growth to recession. There is no hard data yet, but the early indicator is investors leaving the US. Companies are putting more and more resources into sought exemptions (in the long term it will weaken competitiveness in the global economy). Far from “making America great again,” Trump SEM decided to create a recession with one hand. (I was shocked and shocked in the same way!
Rules exist for a reason: they make things predictable. They make planning possible. Anyway, like what line it is, rules are structured anyway, the points are not important, people don’t know how to act, and resources are wasted.
Of course, this does not mean that the rules must be strict and flexible. Anything that doesn’t break your bust will break. Rules can be tricky as times change. However, Añere also needs a process of modifying TOSE rules (if that’s the rule). Why the rules are in place and what purpose they serve is essential to rational reform.
