NYU organic chemistry professor terminated for tough grading
<i>&quot;And how hard should organic chemistry be anyway?&quot;</i><p>Heaven forbid, it should be as hard as is necessary to achieve the stated outcome. If someone does a course in organic synthesis and graduates from that course then a company hiring the person expects him or her to be able to synthesize chemicals to the extent or level that the course coverd.<p>Graduates need to know what they&#x27;re taught and companies expect their prospective employees to understand the work that they need to do.<p>When I was a student I used to sometimes whinge about the &#x27;tough grading&#x27; in certain courses and think I was hard done by when I either failed an exam or didn&#x27;t do well in it.<p>The fact was that the education system made it hard for me <i>because</i> I either wasn&#x27;t good enough and or I had not done sufficient study to pass the course.<p>Students shouldn&#x27;t be allowed to reset the standard because they think it&#x27;s set too high or that they consider the work too tough.