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Essay / Analysis of Annie Murphy Paul's college courses...
Does this mean that every woman who feels discriminated against in a classroom lesson should study from a computer screen? As a woman, I would never think that I would have to move to an online learning environment just to be equal to my male peers. It is absurd to think that moving women to an online environment is a solution to discrimination in a classroom. His entire article is based on a specific cultural form that favors some people while discriminating against others, including women, minorities, and low-income and first-generation students (Paul 1). How will online courses change this? Even if there was a chance that you would be convinced by Paul's argument, this statement falls flat. She basically claims that online courses, which are full of lots of reading materials and quizzes, engage in active learning, which is true because the professor has no choice. Teachers cannot teach active lessons on the computer. As a student, I am currently enrolled in two online courses: sociology and anthropology. There is no way for a professor to help students in an online course without tests or assessments, it cannot be based on reading material alone because how will the professor know if the student does well or not? It is therefore indeed necessary that the tests and