I completely agree with you, Sam. Taking courses outside your comfort zone does make you a well-rounded person. Ph.D. studies are very streamlined and it needs to change.

Thanks for reading. There were so many biases I thought of while writing this post. I ended up writing about a few relevant ones. You are right bias is there irrespective of culture, location, history, color, race, creed, gender or language. I wonder if we can get away with them anytime.

Thanks for reading. I am glad we agree on this.

These are some valid points. Thanks for reading.

Thanks for reading, Tim. I believe a combination of project-based learning and experiential learning is the best way. I also think that it is hard to please and accommodate everyone in the class. Right now, theoretical teaching along with big assignments and exams are not fostering learning. I feel that one learns something with practice. A project-based approach along with experiential activities in a class can help you learn more than just theoretical teaching. Obviously, old school blackboard teaching has to stay in place but it can be substituted partially with these approaches. I hope I answered your question.

Thanks for reading. And it was nice to read your little story. It seems like you will eventually find the perfect balance between learning and grades in the class you teach. I am very happy to hear that you agree with me on project-based learning.

Thanks for reading. I completely agree with you. One approach would not work for all the fields across education. As you said, engineering and science focus too much on grading quantitive work. I am not against solving equations and maths but that is not the only thing. Learning should be the prime focus instead. And it gets diluted in the race of competitive grading system.

Thanks for reading. You are right, it is sad to learn that everything is about grades nowadays. This needs to be changed and hopefully, it will over time.

Thanks for reading, Sara. I am glad you liked the post.

Thanks for reading, Arash. You gave a great example. The present grading system is not a good representation of learning and knowledge.